This is an analysis of the poem On Behalf Of Some Irishmen Not Followers Of Tradition that begins with:

THEY call us aliens, we are told,
Because our wayward visions stray ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdedefXfgehehiXiceieibgbgbebejdjdakak
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100111 01110101 01110101 01011101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010001 11011101 11010001 01010111 11111111 010010110 01110101 11011001 01000101 01011101 110010101 01010101 11110101 11110001 10110111 110000101 110100001 11011111 11011111 11010110 01010111 11011101 11011111 10111011 11010101 01111111 01000011 11010001 11110101 11111101 01100101 10110001 110010101 11011101 01010101 01010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1613
  • Average number of words per stanza: 284
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; , of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, we are repeated.

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