Oddfellowship In Ingersoll by James McIntyre: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Oddfellowship In Ingersoll that begins with:

We look in vain for our past grands,
Now scattered over many lands ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdddd eeeeffgghh ddiidddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011111 11010101 111001111 11111101 110110101 11010101 11011111 01011010 0101010010 10001010 01010011 111011001 11001011 11110101 110101001 11010001 11011011 1110111 11010001 01001101 11110101 1011101 11110001 01010101 11111101 11010100 0101101 01010010 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word each is repeated.

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