This is an analysis of the poem John Mitchel that begins with:
I.
DEAD, with his harness on him: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcb cded Xcec efbf ecdc Xgagadada Gbgbeheh Gigieded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,9,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1001011 101111 10010011 100101 01011011 010101 01011010 010101 1101010 011101 001111010 1011101 1101110 0100101 111110101 10110101 1101110 100111 1110100101 11100101 1 1111001010 11011111 1011111110 101101110 11110010010 100111101 1001011010 1100111111 100111010 101100101 1011001010 100100101 1001101110 11100101 101101010 111010101 100111010 101101101 1111101110 1100110111 111111110 11110101 110111010 111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, her, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words weep, tears are repeated.
The author used the same words dead, sons 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 dead connects the lines.
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