This is an analysis of the poem Erin that begins with:
“Come, sing a new song to her here while we listen!'
They cry to her sons who sing; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXXac adadeded fXfd egeg ebeb Xded ghgh bchc gigi bcXc acacid edhhdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110011110 1100111 1111100010110 0110101 101111010 11001011 1010010010 11101101 110111111110 1100111 111101101110 1000111 111111101110 1101111 101101101110 1001011 1110011110010 11001111 1111111111110 111001001 1110110110010 01011001 1011110011110 01101101 110110010110 01011001 0011010110010 11011001 110110010110 01011011 111111100110 101001001 110111010010 110111001 1001001000010 01001101 11101101101111 01011001 11011101001 01011001 1110010011100 101011001 011011011010 1010001001 110011110110 01101001 1010111011100 01001101 110111010010 11101001 1010011011110 01001001 1100110111 1110111 1111110101010 1111100 111101111101 001011001101 101101101001 0010010110100
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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, and, she's, when, her, with, your, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, with, what, as are repeated.
The author used the same words and, what, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase her connects the lines.
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- summary of Erin;
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