This is an analysis of the poem For The Moore Centennial Celebration that begins with:

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ENCHANTER of Erin, whose magic has bound us,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab Xcdc cbXb efef ghgh agag hhhh gigi X gigi jcjc jhjh dkdk ghgh hchc hlXlXhihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010010110111 11111011011 011010010011 11001101011 011010010110 11011001001 110110110110 10101011001 011111111010 11011001001 10010011010100 010001101101 111001010000010 101011111011 1010010010010 1110010011001 10101000010110 1110100001011 11000011010110 1100100101101 111111011010 011110001011 1011010110010 101011001011 111011111010 11011101011 110110010010 11011111001 111010010010 01111011001 011111011110 11011001001 1 011010110010 001011001001 1010111011010 101001101101 111011110010 01001010111 111011010010 111010110001 110111010010 0111100101 1010011110110 11001001111 1110100110010 11011011101 1010011010110 11001001011 110110110010 01011001011 011010010110 01001101001 010010010110 11111011001 110110010010 11001101001 110110010110 10110110011001 1010010010100 11011011011 011010110110 101111001001 010110110010 11011001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, the, one, for, while are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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