This is an analysis of the poem Bold Jack Donahoe (2) that begins with:

In Dublin town I was brought up, in that city of great fame.
My decent friends and parents, they will tell to you the same. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeefgacfgXcfgbbdXbfgfghhXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111110110011 11011101010101 01101011011110101 110100111010101 1011110110101 0101010010101 1101010110101 111010100110101 110111110100101 11100111111101 1111101011101101 10010100011101 110111011001001 11000101010111 11110101110001 11110101111101 110110010011110 01010101010111 11001001101110101 01001010011101 1101110110101 101010011111 11000101010 101 11010101011001 100111001011101 111010111111101 11011111111101 111101100111101 111100101010101 11011111110101 1111010111011 101011111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1956
  • Average number of words per stanza: 355
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, we, and, they, to, his, he are repeated.

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  • summary of Bold Jack Donahoe (2);
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