This is an analysis of the poem “o’shea” that begins with:
O’Shea was a big railway ganger, clean-hearted, and clean-limbed and shy,
With a glint of grey hair at his temples, and smile in his Irish blue...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaA bbaaa ccdedddcc ffggedaa hhaaeeddaaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,9,8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01101111011011111 001011101011001011 11111100010111101001 1111011010111111111 111011011001010001 1011010110101101001 01011001011111001 1110111010101101001 11111001011101001 1111011011001011001 01011111101101001 111011101010111101 01010110100010011110 001011001010111100 10 1110011010111011011 11000101011001001 010110010101101001 110101110101110101 010011010101011011 11011101011001011 101101011001101011 011011010101101001 1011010010111101101 101001101011001001 111011001111001111 1111010110111011001 1010011010011011111 0101110100111101 011010010101001001 1111111010101001011 101101101001101101 101001001011001001 01111101011011101 11001011011001001 010010111101001011 0011011010101011101 111011011001010001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 558
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 73 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, for, of, we, his, that are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word way at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of “o’shea”;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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