This is an analysis of the poem Valentine Brown that begins with:

Because all night my mind inclines to wander and to rave,
Because the English dogs have made Ireland a green grave,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabB ccbB ccbB ddbB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01111101010101 01010111100011 01101010010101 111010111011 0101010010101 10101010110101 101011101010101 111010111011 0101010111101 1010111011101001 110010101110111 111010111011 1010001001111 11010101110111 1110101111001 111010111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; because, to, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words because, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word because at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word brown at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Valentine Brown;
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