This is an analysis of the poem Enniskillen that begins with:

Oh my heart beat high with joy elate,
When Danny rode in the Hunters’ Plate...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddaaddeeffE ffbbaaggbbaahhaaaXii aabbjjhh eeddddeehhddE eefXaakkddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,20,8,13,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110101 110100101 110000101 0101001001 101001010 11011011110 1011110101 101111111 010100101 1010010101 1110110001 1011110111 1110110101 110100101 010110111 1101010101 11011101001 10010111 110001 1010111101 011100111 110111101 1010111011 11110111101 0101111111 1011100111 0010100101 1111101001 1010110101 011110101 1101101001 1100011001 0111011001 110111011 1111111101 1010111101 11101001000 10110100101 1110110111 1110100101 10001100001 011100101 111101101 11110101 1010110101 110110101 1010111101 1010110101 1101101101 1011011101 110110101 1100100111 111110101 010110111 1101010101 00100100111 1010100111 11001101001 11010101 110001 010101111 111101101 11010111 101100111 10010110101 101111111 11010111 111100111 11110101 110100101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 587
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Enniskillen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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