This is an analysis of the poem Under Ben Bulben that begins with:
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SWEAR by what the sages spoke... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbcc ddeeddd d X fXgghhiijjdd X hXhhhhfkkkll X bbhhl lllmmnnllhh llfaanniihddhhll a hhooffddppaaffaX a hhiik fll aXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,7,1,1,12,1,12,1,5,11,16,1,16,1,5,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1110101 101001 1010101 1110101 111101110 0101111010 111100100 11010100 01001101 1110101 1110101 11010111 1 1011111 01011000 1011101 110100101 1011001 1010111 0110011 0011101 1110101 1111101 1111101 10010101 1 1110111 1101111 1111111 1010101 1010111 1010101 1110111 1010111 10010111 0110100 01110101 1011101 1 10110101 11010101 1011100 1010101 1110101 1000111 1010101 1110101 10101101 1001101 11101010 10111010 1010101 1110101 01010101 01010011 1000101 11110111 1010111 11011101 10111101 01011111 11011111 11010101 01011101 110110 1011 1110111 10110111 0101101001 1011101 01010111 1 1010111 1110011 1011101 11010101 110000111 1110011 1010011 11010100 010001110 10101010 1011101 10100001 110010100 1111101 11010110 1001000100 1 1011101 01011101 11101101 10010111 1011101 110101001 11110101 10011111 1011 1111 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 101
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, forms are repeated.
The author used the same word swear at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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