Analysis of To Donneen
Dora Sigerson Shorter 1866 (Dublin) – 1918
When first you came to London Town, Donneen,
Just five years old,
I said—'He'll ask for marble halls, and streets
All paved with gold!'
I thought—'He'll weep, so stricken with amaze,
To hear the roar
Of trampling hoofs, of rushing feet that go
Our way before.'
I said—'He'll fear the throbbing engine's shriek,
The shaking path,
The pushing crowd, the city's comrade cries
Of joy, of wrath.'
And when we stood to hear the mighty heart
Of London Town,
I saw your angry cheek and knew a tear
Had threatened down.
'Why weep,' I whispered by your red gold head,
'Dearest of boys?'
'I cannot hear my new shoes creak,' you said,
'There is such noise.'
Oh, creak, dear shoes, above the city's roar;
Be heard, be seen,
So hearts grow glad, hands clap, and voices cry,
'Here comes Donneen!'
Scheme | ABXBXCXCXDXDXAXA EFEF CAXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111011 1111 1111110101 1111 1111110101 1101 1101110111 10101 1111010101 0101 010101011 1111 0111110101 1101 1111010101 1101 1111011111 1011 1101111111 1111 1111010101 1111 1111110101 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 772 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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