Analysis of Fuchsia Hedges In Connacht
Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)
I THINK some saint of Eirinn wandering far
Found you and brought you here Demoiselles!
For so I greet you in this alien air!
And like those maidens who were only known
In their own land as daughters of the King,
Children of Charlemagne
You have, by following that pilgrim-saint,
Become high vot’resses
You have made your palace beauty dedicate,
And your pomp serviceable:
You stand beside our folds!
I think you came from some old Roman land
Most alien, but most Catholic are you:
Your purple is the purple that enfolds,
In Passion Week, the Shrine,
Your scarlet is the scarlet of the wounds:
You bring before our walls, before our doors
Lamps of the Sanctuary;
And in this stony place
The time the robin sings,
Through your bells rings the Angelus!
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Metre | 1111111001 1101111 11111011001 0111010101 0111110101 10110 1111001101 0111 1111101010 0111000 1101101 1111111101 1100111011 110101011 010101 1101010101 110110101101 110100 001101 010101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 739 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 8, 10 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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