This is an analysis of the poem A Dirge For O'Connell that begins with:
Throw open, once again,
The portals of the tomb;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dXee dcac Xaca bafa dccc aXgX XfXfXgaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 010001 110101001 010101 1011001 0100110 01010100 110001 010001 1100111 110100111 1010001 011101 1100111 011101001 101101 0101011 1100101 11100101 111101 010001 110101 01000101 010011 1011010 0111110 01010011 101101 110111 110101 11011111 010001 111101 010001 110011011 0101001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 36
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The author used the same words a, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of A Dirge For O'Connell;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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