This is an analysis of the poem Carolan's Prophecy that begins with:
A sound of music, from amidst the hills,
Came suddenly, and died; a fitful sound... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdX bXbefgbhaeibgjdgbdcg XagXbf kikilele cdcd llml gigidjdj nlal bibi clclobob nbab acac pcpcojoj gcgc hlhlXbblahbmbgig
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,20,6,8,4,4,8,4,4,8,4,4,8,4,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0101000101 1100110101 0111010001 1101000101 1011010101 1011110101 1101010101 1011000101 1101010111 0111011101 1111011101 1001010100 11000010101 1011011101 1010011101 00110111001 10111001001 1001010011 11010101100 110010001 01001111101 1101001101 1101010011 100001100101 1011010111 01010011111 00110100111 01110111001 0101001101 1011010001 111000011101 0011001100 11010100111 0100010111 1001 111101 0100100101 00111001 0010001 111111 1111100111 1110101 1111 1011111 101011111 0010101 110111 1010101 1011100100 10101111 11110 0110101 1011101110 110111 1011101 0010111 10101001001 110011 11110 010011 010011001 1011101 1111101 0011101 11011101 110101 1011 1110111 11010111 010101 110101 1111111 10011111 010111 11110 111101 110110111 010101 1010111 110101 111100101 111101 1111 111011 11010111 1100111 1010011 1010011 1110001101 111101 11010 110111 110110110 1010101 1110011 010110 10011111001 11001011 1101010101 11111101001 0011110101 1001110101 1101010101 11011000101 010100 10101 1001010101 11010010101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 109
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; his, and, in, but are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, for, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Carolan's Prophecy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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