This is an analysis of the poem Kathleen that begins with:
O Norah, lay your basket down,
And rest your weary hand,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb XdXd Ceae afbX fcgc aXfh fdaX dfiX jdbX diki abbb edCd bjaj ghfh XdfX kXXX fdbX addX edad abiX iaaa kegX afjf iXga bXbb aXbX adgd bXafXadad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 111101 11111101 011100 11010100 010111 11010101 010101 11111111 110101 11011101 110101 11011101 110101 11010111 1111010 01110101 0100111 110101010 000101 11100101 110101 11010101 111001 11011101 110111 11001101 110111 11110101 110101 10110101 001101 11110101 111111 11110100 1111001 11010101 110111 11010101 110101 110101001 100101 01001101 110101 01110101 110111 11111111 111101 11110011 010101 11011101 0100101 11010101 1100101 11010111 111111 111101110 1100111 1010111101 0111111 11011101 1111110 11110101 111111 11011101 110101 011110111 110101 11000101 110101 11101101 110101 111111 111111 01110101 010111 11110101 0100100 11010111 110111 11110111 010111 110001001 110101 11110111 011111 11110111 1101100 11111101 110101 01010101 110111 11011111 011101 11011101 011101 11010101 111101 11110101 110101 11000101 0111010 11010100 110110 111101010 101111 11010101 010001 11110100 1111100 11110101 010101 101110111 1010101 111010101 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 29
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 116
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, up, her, ', to, he, sailed are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, so, he are 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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