This is an analysis of the poem O'Bruaidar that begins with:

I will sing no more songs: the pride of my country I sang
Through forty long years of good rhyme, without any avail;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec dXdX fgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111101011011 11010001011001 11111011101001 101101011011001 001011101111101 11101111001111 111001111001101 101111111011001 101101101101011 111100111001001 11011111111001 111111111111101 1101011001101 0010011001101001 001011101001001 111001011101011 1110110110011001 101011001001001 1110010110111001 111111101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of O'Bruaidar;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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