Analysis of The Ballad Of County Derry.



While listening to songs about a barmaid
‘Peg of Limavady’ and ‘Finvola, the Gem
Of the Roe’ I recalled my Irish roots.

Confirming that the county of Derry will
Always be home to me no matter wherever
I may travel across land or sea.

For the land and the surroundings of the
County are beautiful and the local people
Are of the most kind...

So, if you travel to Ireland spend a while in
The County of Derry which provided the air
For a song about a Scottish boy called Danny…

For the county of Derry is a gem of Europe
And I hear it calling for there is no better place
To be within planet earth.


Scheme AXX XXB XXA XXB XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1100110101 1110101 1011011101 01010101101 11111110010 111001111 1010001010 101100001010 11011 1111011001010 010110101001 101010101110 1010110101110 0111101111101 1101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 598
Words 117
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted by anruaidh on March 10, 2019

Modified by anruaidh on March 10, 2019

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Liam Ó Comáin

An Irish poet now living in Derry City but originally from Limavady in County Derry in the north of the Island. more…

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