This is an analysis of the poem An Appeal To Ireland that begins with:
The sin of our race is upon us,
The pitiless, cruel disdain... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbacdc aedeffXf XgXgghih hgjg XfXf dbhbjkak ijbjXbhb higigbXb XhXh XhbX hijighdh hhihabib iifiigXg aljl hmjm XbXbhibi abgbblgl Xlbljihi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,4,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110011 01001001 010110110 11001101 110110110 11101001 010011010 10100101 111110011 01001101 1010010010 11111001 111000110 01011001 110110100 11101001 111010100 00100101 1101101000 10001001 1110110010 111001001 011010011 11101001 111011010 11001001 111110110 11001011 111110111 01101011 1111110100 01101001 1110111010 01001011 111111110 11111011 101100111 111100011 101011111 101101001 111111011 10100101 111001111 00101101 111011111 11001101 111011111 101101001 110111010 10100101 111111001 00101011 111110010 01011001 110111110 110001101 110010010 01011001 110110010 11001001 110010010 01011001 1010001011 101001010 110110110 11011001 1111011110 10101111 0110100100 01111011 1110010010 101111111 111110110 11011101 0111011011 01101001 1100101010 111010001 010010110 01011011 110010110 11001101 011011110 11001001 1010010100 110110001 10110101000 01001101 111011011 11001011 1010010010 001001101 110011010 01101001 111010010 11111101 1110010010 10110101 110110010 01011001 1111011010 11011011 1110010010 01001001 1111010110 11011001 1010010010 11011101 1010011010 01001011 1111010010 11101111 111010110 11001100 1010110010 01101001 1110101110 10001000101 011010010 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, of, her, through are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, had, for, i, true are repeated.
The author used the same words let, we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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