This is an analysis of the poem To Donneen that begins with:

When first you came to London Town, Donneen,
Just five years old,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbcXXXXbXXdcd abaX cdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010110 1101 1111110111 1101 1111110001 0101 0101010111 11100 1111010101 0101 0101010111 0101 1111010101 0101 1111011101 1101 1111011111 1001 1101111111 10110 1111010101 0101 1111111101 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

  • summary of To Donneen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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