This is an analysis of the poem An Irish Face that begins with:

NOT her own sorrow only that hath place
Upon yon gentle face. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddeeddffggXggghhddaaiibb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010111 011101 1110011001 001011 01010101011 110101 1111110101 011101 1011010001 010101 10010101101 110111 1001010101 101101 11000101001 100111 0101010111 110111 11010111110 100101 1011011111 011001 01010110110 11000010 11110101001 1101001 1100010101 110101 1101010001 010011 1101010101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 209
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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, old are repeated.

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

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  • summary of An Irish Face;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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