This is an analysis of the poem False Dearvorgil that begins with:

Woe to the House of Breffni, and to Red O'Ruark woe!
Woe to us all in Erinn for the shame that laid us low!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccddeebb ccfX ggaahhbX iijjiXXX XXXX XXXX XiaX kXXX cXhX cXaXX XXXX XXXX XXcX hXhX ccfXXkgXXaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,8,8,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010101101 10110101011111 1101100110111 11010100010011 00010101100101 10010110110101 1111110111111 11000101011101 1101011000101 11010101010101 1001010110101 001010111010101 1101100010111 11110100010101 1101100111101 11010101100100 1001010010101 1101110010111 11101100011111 11111010110101 11110101010101 10111010010111 0101110010101 111110101010001 110111101010111 10101110110101 11110010010101 11101010110101 11101101111111 11110110101110 1110111110110 11110100011101 1111010111011 1111100111111 110110101100111 1111010110011 1111011111111 1101010111111 11011001111110 1111110010101 11011101101110 1100010010111 1001010111101 1101010011101 1101010011111 10110101100111 110101110101 1111001111101 1111010111111 0111010110101 1111011110101 1101111111101 110111110111 0101010110110 1110010100111 10111011111111 11 1011100010111 11011101101110 1111110111110 1111011110110 1101110110111 1101110110111 10011101010111 1111010111111 1011100111111 1111011111111 1111010111101 0111011110101 11110111111001 11110111110101 11010111111101 00011101110101 110011111011100 11110111111101 11011101011111 111001110011010 111111011111010 1101001110101 10101110111101 111010010010001 10010101001101 11010101011111 110110011000001 11110100010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, woe, his, with, be, her, ', see, you, that, 'my, who, or are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words but, 'my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase woe connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of False Dearvorgil;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Dora Sigerson Shorter