Analysis of Gort An Anama



Akin to fairy music
A river lures
To a quiet woodland
In an Irish vale,
A place of joy
From early childhood:
Gort An Anama of the Gael.

"Oh, Gort An Anama beside
The Roe Tír Na Sorcha you
Were to me, a place of
Mystical riches helping
An enquiring soul to see.

And as I age I sense your
Presence- the peaceful solitude
Of each path where more than once
I sought repose alongside the foliage
Of your Rath.

There unravelling in those decades
Various problems in your domain
Strolling solitary by the Spring Well
Or resting by the Rock of Kane..."

Oh!  I will answer the river's calling
To that quiet haven of the Roe Vale
Drawing near a source of memories
To Gort An Anama of the Gael.


Scheme XXXAXXA XXXBX XXXXX XCXC BAXA
Poetic Form
Metre 0111010 0101 10101 01101 0111 1101 111101 111101 01111101 011011 1001010 11111 0111111 1001010 1111111 1101011010 111 110101 100100101 101001011 11010111 1111001010 1110101011 101011100 1111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 661
Words 132
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 5, 5, 4, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on February 21, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Liam Ó Comáin

An Irish poet now living in Derry City but originally from Limavady in County Derry in the north of the Island. more…

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