Analysis of The Ballader Of Ballymac
A fine example of natural beauty is a
Blackbird in the townland of
Ballymagroarty on the verge of
The adopted city of St. Colm Cille.
Unlike a blackbird along the roads of
Slane chirping similar to the piper of
Hamelin our blackie chirps from within
The local hedgerows.
From a beak which is also the means
Of food gathering around local fields
And roads not far from the Foyle river
In the county of Derry.
A part of God’s gift of music while
Strolling for this blackie of the hedges
Is known as the ‘Ballader of Ballymac’
Arising from the contribution he makes.
As a part of nature’s choir Blackie can
Joyfully be heard most days across the
Local landscape and not far from the
Fertile fields of the county of Donegal.
Scheme | ABBC BBXD DDXX CDXD XAAC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 0101011001010 100011 11011 0010101111 0101001011 11010010101 10010101101 0101 101111001 1110001101 011110110 0010110 011111101 1011101010 1110111 0101001011 10111010101 1001111010 10101110 101101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 718 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on February 03, 2019
Modified on March 14, 2023
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