This is an analysis of the poem A Lamantation For The Death Of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald that begins with:

THERE was lifted up one voice of woe,
One lament of more than mortal grief,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdXd efefgggg hhhhXgXX XXdcigig eXeXXchcXgagaigig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011101 101011101 1011011 10101 0010111111 111010111 11111110 11101 1011111111 101010101 111001 011001 1100101110 101010101 11001010 10001 1110101001 1110101010 1100101 100010 1010001000 101011101 101001010 10100 01010100 11101001 1011101 10101 1011101110 101110001 101001010 00101 111100101 0111100110 10101001 10001 1111101010 101111111 11101110 10101 101100101 101010001 1110111 11111 1011011010 100111111 11101110 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; for is repeated.

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