This is an analysis of the poem A Farewell To Patrick Sarsfield, Earl Of Lucan that begins with:
Farewell, O Patrick Sarsfield, may luck be on your path!
Your camp is broken up, your work is marred for years;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababX ccccX cXcXX dedeX cfcfX XghgX ieieX ehXhX gjgjX jcjcX kikiX hXhgX XhjhX ccccX fhfhX fbfbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010110111 110101110110 111010001010101 1111101 110 101111110111 110111110101 01010101011001 00111101 110 010101111001 1100011110010 1110101110011 111101011 110 110001101111 111110110111 0101011010001 10111010 110 1101011010101 111111010101 1011001010111 101110001 110 00100100010001 011101101001 1111011111011 10101111 110 111100011111 1101101001111 1110100101110001 00111001 110 11011101101 11010101010101 110111110110 111001011 110 110010101100100 10001011010101 010101011101 111011 110 110111011111 1101010110111 1100100111 01001001 110 110110110001 01011010101 0101010111101 00110111 110 11111101101 101101011101 11111011111 00110111 110 101001111101 110011110011 0111101111 00101101 110 101011101100010 101101111001 111010101010010 10101101 110 1010101001101 11100111011001 101101011111 01101101 110 11101011110111 0011011010101 110010110011 001001011 110
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; your, and, i, of, with, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, on, his are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ochone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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