This is an analysis of the poem Dark Rosaleen that begins with:
O MY Dark Rosaleen,
Do not sigh, do not weep! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaabaXXaaX cdcdebeXXeeX fgfgXbhXXhhX ibibbbbXXbbX cXcXcXcXXccX jcjcibiXXiiX eeeekbkXXkkX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100 111111 01110101 110101 11100101 100101 11011111 11100 11100 11111111 11111111 11100 101111 111111 11011101 110111 0110101 110101 11110011 11100 11100 11110011 11010111 11100 111001 111111 01010111 110111 0101101 110111 11011101 11100 11100 01111101 11111101 11100 111111 111111 01111101 100101 1101111 100101 11111101 11100 11100 11110101 11111101 11100 101101 111111 11010011 110101 110110010 1101110 1111110010 11100 11100 110111110 11010110010 11100 111011 111011 11111101 111101 1110101 111101 11111111 11100 11100 11111101 01010101 11100 101111 110001 01110111 111111 1111101 1100101 11111111 11100 11100 010101101 11111111 11100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 458
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; my, of, and, i, could are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, shall, 'tis, i, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rosaleen, hope, blood, anew are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word rosaleen at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Dark Rosaleen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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