This is an analysis of the poem Easter Week that begins with:

1 "Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
2 It's with O'Leary in the grave."... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XbXb cdcd dccc eaXa cfXf ggXg XeceXdada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010111 10001000100 111111101 10111001 111010111 1110111010 101011011 1010111010 1010100101 101010011 111110100 1111100111 1010100101 111110110 111010111 110011111 101010101 1110011101 101010101 101010001 1010100111 1011101001 101011100 111110011 111010101 111010111 111010101 101010101 110111101 111111101 111011101 111010101 1010100011 110010111 1010111001 101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; her is repeated.

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  • summary of Easter Week;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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