Analysis of A Courting Song.
Jean Ingelow 1820 (Boston) – 1897
"Master," quoth the auld hound
"Where will ye go?"
"Over moss, over muir,
To court my new jo."
"Master, though the night be merk,
I'se follow through the snow.
"Court her, master, court her,
So shall ye do weel;
But and ben she'll guide the house,
I'se get milk and meal.
Ye'se get lilting while she sits
With her rock and reel."
"For, oh! she has a sweet tongue,
And een that look down,
A gold girdle for her waist,
And a purple gown.
She has a good word forbye
Fra a' folk in the town."
Scheme | XAXAXA XBXBXB XCXCXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101011 1111 101101 11111 1010111 1110101 101010 11111 1011101 111101 1111111 10101 1111011 01111 0110101 00101 110111 101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 477 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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