Achill Girl's Song
Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)
FROM THE IRISH
I’d bring you these for dowry
A field from heather free,
White sheep upon the mountain,
And calves that follow me.
I saw you by the well-side
Upon Saint Finnian's Day;
I thought you'd come and ask for me
But you kept far away.
Oh, if you ask not for me,
But leave me here instead,
The petticoat in dye-pot here
Will never fast its red
For me upon the well-slope
To wear on Finnian's Day
My dress will be the sheet bleached there,
My place, below the clay!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X AAXA XBAB ACXC XBXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 464 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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