This is an analysis of the poem The Spring In Ireland: 1916 that begins with:

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Do not forget my charge I beg of you ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccXdeeaaaafaggggdd X hdhdafaf eieijeje hkhkibib ececdblb mcmcaafa didiadfd X aalXXd ddddhh aaggcX nnlloo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,20,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 1101111101 1011110101 1101011101 1101010101 0111000100 0111010101 0101010101 0111111101 1101110001 1111110101 1001011101 0111010111 1101100100 0101010001 110010011101 1111110001 1111011100 1011011111 01011111001 010001110 1 01011111001 1101110111 0111111100 010101010 1111111001 1101011100 0101001111 1011111100 1011010001 01010111010 0101111110 01110111010 1001011001 1101110001 0101011001 1111110101 1110011111 1101010101 1001010101 1111010011 11111011010 1111011111 111110111010 11111011101 1111111101 00110010101 0110010101 1111011101 1111111111 1111010111 011101110 10101011101 1101011101 01001110101 1101011101 1101110101 1001011100 1001011101 1111010100 11011011001 1101101101 11011010100 1101111111 1101110100 1111010111 1111011101 1100011100 01001010011 1 010111 0101110101 0111001101 0111010100 0101100111 0101 0111110011 1001011111 0101110101 0101110101 1100111111 111100 1111110111 1111010001 11011110111 1001111001 0111011101 111110 1111010101 1111011101 1111011111 1111010111 1001001101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of, they, green, their, and, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, they, the, and, with, of are repeated.

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