This is an analysis of the poem The Priests Of Ireland that begins with:
YOU have waited, Priests of Ireland, until the hour was late:
You have stood with folded arms until 'twas asked—Why do they wait? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeefbggddd hheebbiidd jjiXffaakkddaaddddeellaakkbbbggddiibbXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,10,41,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1110101000101011 111010101111111 101010101111111 1010111001110101 111010111011101 10111011001110011 001010101111101 111011100110101 111010100110111 111011100010011 111001101111011 001010100101111 111000101011001 011110101110101 101010101011101 111110101111101 101011111110111 111111101111111 1011101001010001 101111100110111 111011101010101 111011101111101 110110101110111 111010101010101 101000101110101 111110111111001 101010101011101 1111101001010000 101000101111101 111011101010101 1110101001101110 111110111111111 1011111001110101 101111101110101 111011101010111 111010101110101 111010101110101 111010111010101 111111101010101 101000101010001 111110111110111 111011101110101 1011010101111111 101110100110101 1011101001111101 111010101010111 101010101010101 101000101010001 101011001010101 111111101011101 111010101010101 101011101110111 1110101001110101 101011101101101 101010101010110 100010101010101 101010101011111 10101111011001 11111110010010001 10110100010101 101111001100101 101011101010001 101010101010101 001010101010001 101010101010101 101010101011001 101010101010111 101110101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1529
- Average number of words per stanza: 280
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, have, them, that, they, your, and, who, to, from, let are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, that, flash, let are repeated.
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- summary of The Priests Of Ireland;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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