Analysis of Breffne Caoinc
Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)
NOT as a woman of the English weeping over a lord of the
English
Do I weep—
A cry that scarcely stirs the heart!
I lament as it is in my blood to lament—
Castle and stronghold are broken,
And the sovereign of the land beside the lake lies dead
Mahon O'Reilly!
In his day the English were broken:
I weep beside Loch Sheelin and the day is long and grey!
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHFI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) |
| Metre | 11010101010100110 10 111 01110101 101111011101 1001110 0010101010111 10010 011010010 1101110011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 355 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 274 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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