This is an analysis of the poem The Fate Of Three Sons Of Uisneach And Dierdré, Daughter Of Feilim that begins with:

Woe to thee, daughter of Feilim! woe to thee, Deirdré!
Slain for thy sake were the three sons of Uisneach, and red...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaAXbXccdefXgghiXajjccddggaajjbbgghhaaggccbbccccee bbiiaabXiiffkkaaddllXaAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100101011 1111001101011 1011010110100001 1011110010 101100100101010 10111010111010 11011111001011 01011001011001 110010110010011 0010011110110110 01001110110010 10011010011011 010101011011111 01101111011001 101101101011001 1011111110010010 1011011110110100 101100101011001 101100110001001 1010100111101111 101110111001011 1100110111011001 10111011101111001 101011000101010 010010010101001 11100101001001 101110111111 111111110010011 11111011001101 101001011111111 11111001101101011 1100100111011101 11001010101101011 101011101101001011 111101111111011 1111100111101011 11101111111111 1011110101110111 100101111011011 1111110111111011 10111010111110010 10111110110110110 00010010110010010 110110111010110010 110011011011010110 110011111110010110 11001011101101001 01011011101111001 00100100101010011010 111010011011010010 11011011011110010 1100101010101010010 1110111011010010110 11010011011111110 110110011111011110 1010010010110011110 1000100110110110 11010010111011110 001101001011110110 11010010011011010 1111010011011010 110111011010011110 101011011010110001 010010011101101 1111001111001101 11100100111011001 101101111011011 1011011111011011 11001101011001011 1101001011001111 101100101011 1111001101011 1011010110100001 1011110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 490
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, woe, thee, deirdr, to, his, her, and, he, as, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, woe, he, never are repeated.

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