This is an analysis of the poem The Return Of Morgan And Fingal that begins with:

And there we were together again—
Together again, we three: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB dded EfXf ghhh giji dkbk glbl dkXk gghg ajlj kbXB gigi dckX gdhd hlgl mdhd aiXi lblb mfdf gmlm EfmfXABCb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111001001 0100111 10101011 11110101 0100110101 1010101 1011110101 1011101 1100111101 111010 10100100110 1011111 0111011110 111101 11100111111 1011101 1111110011 1001111 1100111100 1111001 1010010111 1110111 1111111111 1110101 011111101 1110101 11111100 0100111 010111001 101101 1111110101 1011101 0010011111 1011111 11101111101 010111 111110110 0111110 11011101 111100 11010110101 1010111 1100101111 11110101 10111101011 10111101 1010010111 1000111 1011011101 100111 10110111111 11010 101101111 100111 11011011001 101101 111110111 10100111 100100111 1100111 1100100101 111001001 1110100101 1100111 111110101 1110111 111010101 10100111 1111110101 110111 101110101 1010001 111101001 1011001 11111110 0011111 10011101 1011111 1011110111 1011001 1100111101 111101 1011001101 0011100 111001001 0100111 10101011 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, i, you, it, we, that, for, to, cold are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, but, we are repeated.

    The author used the same words be, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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