This is an analysis of the poem Padraic O'Conaire Gaelic Storyteller that begins with:
They've paid the last respects in sad tobacco
And silent is this wakehouse in its haze;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabaacdc eXXffaea XcccbdXd ghXhaghg hhahbiXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101011 11000100001 11010111110 1101110111 11110101010 1101110101 01111111011 11010101 01110111010 1111011101 01011111010 1101011100 11110111110 1100011111 11001100110 0101100101 11010111010 01010110001 1111011011 1111010101 11010101010 1101010101 11010111110 11000101 11110101010 1111010111 11110100110 1101010101 11011111110 0101110101 01011100111 01010001 01110100010 1111110101 01010001010 1101011101 11010110010 1001110101 11111101010 1100111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, so, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
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