This is an analysis of the poem The Exile Of The Gael that begins with:

IT is sweet to rejoice for a day,—
For a day that is reached at last! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdebdcX Xfgch Xh dchgi dccc hgjfcea cdgec iXkXkkjjcX ee bbcccc XiieelX iX jjllcccX aamm gghX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,2,5,4,7,5,10,2,6,7,2,8,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001101 10110111 0011100011 11001010101 10011111010 01111010 0101110011 010010110101110 010011001011000 11111011110 010110110010 1111101101 01001111111 01100111111001010 1001111011110 1001011010011110 1011011001010110011 1001011001010 1010101011001010 1011001110001 1111011101100010 10110010011011 1110101101101 01011101010 111111010011 1001101101010 101001101001010 10100010100010010 1010100110100010 0010010011011001 01011010101101 1011011011101101 11011001011110 101111100 10010111000010 101101111101 1011000011 11110110101001 1011011001100 111101101110101 1111101010101000 1111010110111 01011100110111 1010110101110111 11111001011010001 0010111010110001 110110101111110 1111110010101 01011111111101 11011010111111 011110101111101 0111001000100111 101111101101001 101111101100101 11111101011100101 11110010 110101 1101001011100101 110110100010001 01001010110101 1101010111101 11011101100101 1111110011101 1111011110101001 1110101101111001 111101101111101 1101001011100101 01010100010111 11111111011001011 1111010011100111 11010110010101001 11111101001010101 10111110011101 110010111110101 111010101111101 1100110100000100101 11001001001001001011 1110110110111110101 1010010110011110110010 111011110011110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • 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; for, and, their, ', hither, whither, of, your, we, to, with, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, o, the, my, their are repeated.

    The author used the same words hither, 'what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Exile Of The Gael;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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