This is an analysis of the poem Cill Aodáin that begins with:

Now coming of the Spring
the day will be lengthening,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aXX X bXX X bbX X XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100001 0100100 1101101 11111 11100011 111011 011111 001001010 01000100 100011 1010010 100101 010011111 0111101101 1101 0100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 55
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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

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