Analysis of The Promise

Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931



To you and you it shall be given,
As unto Mary her lost Heaven;
Her Son and your son come
Alive out of the grave and gloom.

Like hers your bliss is pre-ordained
To see the wounds healed and unstained;
Yea, you shall kiss with her
Where the sharp blade hath left no scar.

They shall come in warm to your cold
Dropped arms that found naught to enfold,
And on your heart be laid
The young, the beloved, thorn-crowned head.

Sudden some dawning or some eve
Your dead son shall come in alive,
As once came Mary's Son;
The lost, the incredible Heaven be won.


Scheme AAXX BBXX CCXX XXAA
Poetic Form
Metre 110111110 110100110 010111 01110101 10111101 11011001 111110 10111111 11101111 11111101 011111 01001111 10110111 11111001 111101 01001001011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 544
Words 108
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Katharine Tynan

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