Analysis of Banshee
Andy Lyle 1951 (Londonderry)
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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