This is an analysis of the poem Part Ii: The Fields Of Coleraine that begins with:

On the fields of Col'raine there'll be labour in vain
Before the Great Western is ended,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb XaXa cdad befX XdXd egdg chdh Xdcd chXX fbXXXebhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101001101 010110010 01011101001 10100100010 101011101011 110010010 101101101101 0010011010 11001111111 111010010 10100100010010 011010110 11011111101 1011011111 100101111001 1101010 10100111011 1010110010 11011101001 1111111010 1101111111 111111111 11100101110110 110010011 101101111111 110010010 110110010010 110110110 101001001101 1111110010 11011001111 1010010010 11001111001 011010010 11011101011 1010110010 101001111001 1010010010 110010111010 110011000 11101101111 0010010111 111011101111 1111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, and, of, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Part Ii: The Fields Of Coleraine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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