This is an analysis of the poem Connemara that begins with:

THE soft rain is falling
Round bushy isles, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbcac XdXdXcdc XbebbfXf agegbcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010 1101 10010 10110 110010 1101 111110 101 111110 1011 110110 1011 111110 1001 110111 001 111010 1001 010110 1101 110110 1001 111010 101 111010 1011 111010 1001 110010 1101 110110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Connemara;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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