This is an analysis of the poem Upon The Peak Of Sanneen that begins with:

My soul and I, upon the peak
Of Sanneen grim and grey, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdbdbddadbeaXXebeeXcXfbgbhijXkdeddijihlklaghgkblbfhehhmmmjhlXeibX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 010111 1100010 01101 11010111 0101001 101101001 110101 11111111 11110101 11110101 11010101 01010101 000101 10110101 100101 11010001 110101 11010001 1010101 11110101 011010 10110111 011111 1110010 1111101 11010111 110101 11011111 110111 11110111 0101100 11010100 010111 0111010 1010101 11010101 110001 11111111 111011 11100111 010101 11100111 010101 11100111 0101001 11000101 010101 11100111 0101001 010101001 011111 11100101 110101 11100101 111101 11100111 0111110 11001010 11101110 11100101 110101 10010101 010101 110101101 110101 11111110 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 404
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, on, what are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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