This is an analysis of the poem Spring Song To Ireland that begins with:

Weep no more, heart of my heart, no more!
The night has passed and the dawn is here,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaacXcXaXaaaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101111 011110101 011100101 11110101 101101011 111100101 011110101 1101001 101100101 110110111 011100100 1110101 111101111 011100111 010100001 100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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