Analysis of Banshee




The Banshee sang its mournful song

Upon the night time air

To take souls to the other world

Who went it didn't care

Whoever heard its dreadful wail

Would be the first to leave

But many more would follow

From the Banshee no reprieve

All the doors around were locked

To keep the people well

But surely as the Banshee knocked

Soon some would be in Hell

Don't walk afar on these dark nights

But if you have to   Please……..

Be wary of the Banshee song

As it goes singing through the trees


Scheme A B X B X C X C D E D E X F A F
Poetic Form
Metre 00111101 010111 11110101 111101 01011101 110111 1101110 1001101 1010101 110101 11010011 111101 11011111 111111 11010011 11110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 472
Words 93
Sentences 2
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 24
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by andylyle1 on August 20, 2014

Modified on April 03, 2023

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Andy Lyle

 · 1951 · Londonderry

Born in Ireland more…

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