This is an analysis of the poem Father Malloy that begins with:

You are over there, Father Malloy,
Where holy ground is, and the cross marks every grave,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcadXXXcbedXXccaeeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011001 1101010111001 1101101 10100111010 1101110101 101101001 1001010101 10011110110 0010101000100100 101010011010101 001010100 11011101 1001010100011 11101101001 10100101 10110001001 111100 11010 101111011001 10111110001 101010 11001 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 874
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • 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, you, of, to are repeated.

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

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