Analysis of Westland Row
James Stephens 1882 (Dublin) – 1950
Every Sunday there's a throng
Of pretty girls, who trot along
In a pious, breathless state
(They are nearly always late)
To the Chapel, where they pray
For the sins of Saturday.
They have frocks of white and blue,
Yellow sashes they have too,
And red ribbons show each head
Tenderly is ringleted;
And the bell rings loud, and the
Railway whistles urgently.
After Chapel they will go,
Walking delicately slow,
Telling still how Father John
Is so good to look upon
And such other grave affairs
As they thought of during prayers.
Scheme | AABBXC DDXBXC EEFFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001101 11011101 0010101 111011 1010111 1011100 1111101 1010111 0110111 10011 0011100 110100 1010111 1010001 1011101 1111101 0110101 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 517 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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