This is an analysis of the poem Dermott Donn Macmorna that begins with:

ONE day you'll come to my husband's door,
Dermoit Donn MacMorna,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaX bXbbX cXccX cXcccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101101 101100 11110111 1011110011 101100 001001011 101100 00101001011 011101001001 101100 10100101 101100 110100101 010101101 101100 10010011 101100 010111101 10100100101 11011101 101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet repeated the same word macmorna at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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