This is an analysis of the poem Kincora that begins with:

AH, where, Kincora! is Brian the Great?
And where is the beauty that once was thine? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababX cbcbX cdcdX bebeX fdfdX cXcgX agagX fafaX XcXcX hihiX jkjkX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1110001001 1100101111 11101011011 10101111011 11100 11100111001 11011100111 111010000101 11101001011 11100 11010001001 0100001001001 1111111011 11101011101 11100 1101011101 1101001001 111101111 11110101011 11100 11101011011 0110101001 01101001101 10101000101 11100 11010001101 1101111010 110110001011 00110111101 11100 1101100101 01101001101 111011111101 11010110001 11100 1111100101 1101101111 11011001011 11110011001 11100 1100101001 010010000101 1110101001110 00110111011 101100 1110100110011 01010111011 01110100111 11011111010 11100 11101110101 1010011011001 110011111101 111111111001 11100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, where, oh, of, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, who, and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word kincora at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases thee, dead connect the lines.

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  • summary of Kincora;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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