This is an analysis of the poem St. Patrick's Day that begins with:

There's an Isle, a green Isle, set in the sea,
Here's to the Saint that blessed it!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111001 1001110 110010111 111001010 100110111 110110010 10011111 01101110 101100111 00111010 10011111 11001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; to, here's, her are repeated.

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

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  • central theme;
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