This is an analysis of the poem A Catholic To His Ulster Brother that begins with:

Is there no bond of blood to you, my brother?
Who have called her ours, the ancient Mother,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccaabbdd bbbbXXccaXeeee ffggddXXeeccbX eecccXaaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101110 1110101010 11110101010 10011101010 11110101010 01111101010 01011111010 01110101010 10111111110 11111101010 11110110010 11110101010 01010101010 110100101010 11011101010 11111111010 11011101010 01011101110 01111111010 11010101010 11010111110 11111111010 01010111110 1101010101 11111110110 01010101010 11010111110 11011101110 11110101010 10111101110 11010111010 01010101010 10111111010 10110111010 1101011001100 110011110100 11111101110 11110111110 01010101010 11010101010 11011111110 010010101100 11111101010 11010101110 10111101110 11111100110 11111101010 01111101010 10110110010 10011100110 11011101010 11110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 598
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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