To The Irish Delegates by Henry Lawson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To The Irish Delegates that begins with:

Farewell! The gold we send shall be a token
Of that which in our hearts is growing strong;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede dbdb fefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110010 0110110101 11110011110 1111110111 110010001010 1101011011 11010101010 1111010111 10111101010 1101010011 11110101010 1100010101 110011101110 1111111001 11110101110 0100010101 11010110010 1111111111 110011001010 0111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; our, her, that are repeated.

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

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