Bruadar And Smith And Glinn by Douglas Hyde: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Bruadar And Smith And Glinn that begins with:

Bruadar and Smith and Glinn,
Amen, dear God, I pray, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbac Xadac Xaeac fgXgc cfcfc hihic cXfgc Xdfgc Xjkjc llllc efkfc gagXc eaXac faaac aaaac gmcmc aXacc flklc iiiic XakXc eemec Xiaic aiaic hnmnc ckkkcXiabAc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 011111 11110101 110111 01 101111 101111 011111 010101 01 101111 110101 11010111 011111 01 101111 101101 01110101 100101 01 100101 1001101 100100101 111111 01 110101 1101101 011100111 100101 01 101101 1101111 011100111 10100101 01 100101 101101 0111001011 010101 01 111111 100101 011100111 100101 01 101111 110101 011100111 110111 01 1001001 1100111 01110011 110101 01 1100101 110001 011100101 110110 01 110101 100101 011100101 0111001 01 110111 110111 011100101 110101 01 101111 111100 011100101 110100 01 100111 011101 10111101 011101 01 110101 101111 10011101 111101 01 111111 1011111 111010101 111101 01 111111 110101 101011111 110101 01 1101001 110101 11010101 011100 01 110101 101111 01110111 110101 01 10111110 1110101 10110100101 1010101 01 1100101 1101111 1100101111 011101 01 1101101 110101 1100100101 00100101 01 111111 1101111 01010101 1100101 01 1110111 1111101 101101 011111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 130
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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

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