This is an analysis of the poem Colum-Cille’s Farewell To Ireland that begins with:

ALAS for the voyage, O High King of Heaven,
Enjoined upon me, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc dcdc eaea fgfgXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010111010 01011 1111011010100 10101 110010010110 11001 10100101011010 01001 01001001110 01101 010010110010 01001 010110010110 11001 1010010010110 11001 111110011010 11111 110110110110 01111 1110110010111 11011 11111001111 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Colum-Cille’s Farewell To Ireland;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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