Avran
Hugh marched forth to fight: I grieved to see him so depart.And lo! to-night he wanders frozen, rain-drenched, sad betrayed;But the memory of the lime-white mansions his right hand hath laidIn ashes, warms the hero's heart!
Words in this poem
- depart v. i.
- To part; to divide; to separate. [OE. departen to divide, part, depart, F. départir to divide, distribute, se départir to separate one's self, depart; pref. dé- (L. de) + partir to part, depart,]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
Avran is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Poem-Book of the Gael Translations from Irish Gaelic Poetry into English Prose and Verse, Project Gutenberg ebook #46917; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Eleanor Hull, Avran, in The Poem-Book of the Gael (1912), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #46917, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/hull-gael/avran.html, id L11715.
Form and metre
Avran is 4 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets, 50% of the lines. The lines average 12.5 syllables.
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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 ABBA departA · betrayedB · laidB · heartA
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Hugh marched forth to fight: I grieved to see him so depart. | 13 | ···········˘/ |
| And lo! to-night he wanders frozen, rain-drenched, sad betrayed; | 14 | ·····/˘/˘···˘/ |
| But the memory of the lime-white mansions his right hand hath laid | 15 | ··/˘····/˘····· |
| In ashes, warms the hero's heart! | 8 | ·/˘··/˘· |
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