This is an analysis of the poem Tir Nan Og that begins with:

THE breeze blows out from the land and it seeks the sea,
O and O! that my sail were set and away--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede cXcX fgfg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011100110101 11111101101 11110111100 001001111011 0101010001001 11110101111 01111100101 101010100101 1100101101001 11110100101 100111111001 100101001001001 11111000100101 11110101101 11101111111011 10100101110101 011100110101 111001001001 111101011001 110101100101 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, they, it are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Tir Nan Og;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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