This is an analysis of the poem Anns An Gleann'san Robh Mi Og that begins with:

In the Glen where I was young
Blue-bell stems stood close together,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacA dedeecec ededeXeA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011111 11111010 0010111 11101010 1010101 1010101 101101 0011111 1010101 111100111 1001101 10001011 1011011 01011101 01010101 11000101 1110111 1110101 0011111 00000101 1010101 1010110 0110101 0011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

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