This is an analysis of the poem Fingal - Book I that begins with:
ARGUMENT.
Cuthullin (general of the Irish tribes, in the minority of Cormac, king of Ireland) sitting alone beneath a tree, at the gate of Tura,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 37
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 670
- Average number of words per stanza: 125
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 654 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 122
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; of, to, cuthullin, by, his, son, swaran, enemy, and, king, in, on, chiefs, he, their, from, thy, heroes, like, dark, chief, many, i, it, at, said, that, they, as, spear, shield, my, rock, says, side, land, streams, our, but, arise, mighty, fingal, sounding, thou, sea, with, connal, fight, war, battle, peace, erin, men, first, lochlin, for, let, sons, or, when, mar, thba, duch, c, where, ', her, morna, sword, she, breast, cormac, thee, art, me, hill, maid, lovely, daughter, arm, raise, wait, torman, blood, cold, love, hinds, white, 'from, gloomy, foe, slain, cave, stream, came, fell, replied, car, noise, sides, high, steeds, strong, be, so, its, strength, before, storm, fly, two, deaths, steel, erin's, rise, over, feast, all, rocks, hills, heath, who, these, here, chase, thousand, sound, him, red, carril, hundred, winds, should, clouds, waves, grudar, brassolis, cairbar, voice, grief, song, other, times, youth are repeated.
The author used the same word cuthullin at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Fingal - Book I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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