This is an analysis of the poem The Prophecy Of St. Oran: Part Iii that begins with:

I.
'A CURSE is on this work!' Columba cried;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcaa Xddddef Xdgdhdd XigigXd ajcjckk acgcgcc XlmXmbb Xedednn Xbjbjdd fbcbcgh ancncmX XfaeXXX XbXbedX Xcbcbbb Xnbnbbb Xoaoacc XefXegg XbXbbff Xbabacc Xbdbdmm Xdadamm Xjojogg XaiXijj Xnbnbbb Xbgbgaa XmmmmnX XdbdbbX XececeX Xjn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101011101 1011110001 01011100001 1111010101 11001011001 1101010101 1 1101011101 1011011101 10110100101 1001010101 1011010110 1001111100 1 1001010010 0111000101 0111010101 11110101010 10000010101 1111110101 1 1001010001 1001010111 1001010111 11110100101 1101011110 11001010101 1 11110101001 1001001001 0011010001 1001011001 10111001001 11010101001 1 1001111101 0101010101 10001010101 1101011101 0101010101 1111100101 1 1101010111 1001010101 1111100101 0101010111 1101010101 1101110111 1 1111010101 0101010001 11010101101 1101010101 0101010111 1001010101 1 1101111101 10110001001 1101010101 10111100001 0101011101 1101111101 1 11110100101 0101010111 1111010111 1011011101 01001011101 0100010110 1 1101100111 0111110111 1001011101 0100111101 0101010100 1111000101 1 0101010111 1001010101 1001010101 1001010011 1011110101 1111101101 1 1010011101 11001101010 1101000111 11110111001 01010100111 1011111101 1 1101010100 0101010101 0101011001 1111010101 1001010001 11001010111 1 10110101001 01001011101 01010010101 0101110001 1001010101 0100011101 1 1101010001 1011110001 1101010101 01001000111 1101010101 1101010101 1 1111011111 1101000111 10010111010 1101010011 1101110101 0111010001 1 1011110011 11010111100 10101110101 01010100001 01010011001 11010010101 1 1101010011 01010100101 0100110101 1101110111 1101100101 0101010111 1 1011110101 1101010101 1001111101 0011011101 100010101 1001111111 1 1111101011 1111110111 1111110001 1110111111 1101110011 11011100111 1 1011010111 1111111111 1101111101 1101010111 1111111111 1101110111 1 11111101001 1101110111 1101010100 110110101 1101010111 10001011111 1 1101010101 101111111 100100100111 0101010101 11001101001 1111111001 1 1011011111 1101111111 1011110111 1101110101 1101011101 1101010101 1 1011111011 1011110111 1111010001 0111111101 1100111101 1010111101 1 1111111101 1101111111 010010101 1101110101 1111011111 1111110101 1 1101010101 11010101001 1101011101 01011100101 1001010001 1011010101 1 0101010101 1111011101 0101010101 11110010101 1101010101 1111110101 1 1101010101 1100110101 1101100101 1110110001 1111010001 00011101001 1 1010110011 0101010101 1101011101 1001110101 1101110100 0111110100 1 1011001101 1100011111 0101110101 10010111010 1101000101 00010101010 1 0101110101 1100010100 11011101001 0111010111 1101111101 1011010101 1 1111011101 0101001101 1101010011 11111101001 1111110101 0101101111 1 1101110001 1111010001 0111010101 11010111001 1101100101 1111101111 1 1111010101 1101010101 1001010001 1111000111 0001011001 11010111010 1 0111111101 11011100111 0111010101 1101010111 1111010111 0101010101 1 1101110011 1101011101 1111111101 11101100001 1011100101 1111111101 1 11111011001 1111010101 11011101001 1100101011 1101010101 111000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 39
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 311
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; that, and, i, to, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words against, that, whose, all 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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  • summary of The Prophecy Of St. Oran: Part Iii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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