This is an analysis of the poem The Fairy Changeling that begins with:

Brian O'Byrne of Omah town
In his garden strode up and down;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXddeeffaaggbXhhXa eebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 00101111 110111101 1000101101 101100111 110110101 110010100 01010101 101011111 11001000101 110111101 110010101 110101101 010010001 0100100101 111100101 1111100001 111111101 110011101 11011101 0101000101 01010111 110100110 11011101 11011111 110100101 01010101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 533
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Fairy Changeling;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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