This is an analysis of the poem Dublin Roads that begins with:

WHEN you were a lad that lacked a trade,
Oh, many's the thing you'd see on the way...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbb cdadd dbefb aebeg bhahh ghihh jbcbb cekee kibii klall Xmjmm Xamaa XaeaX bbabfXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110011101 1100111101 011010100 1010001001 1111101001 1111000111 010100101 1010110101 1011010111 1011110111 0111101001 1110111111 11111110111 1011111100 110100110 0111100101 10101111001 0110111001 11101011011 111101110 1011110111 110011101 10010001 010100101 110010111 111111110 11101101111 11001101101 110110101 1111111101 010111101 011101101 010111111 010101001 1010101101 1010100111 0110101001 010100101 01101001011 1111110101 101001101101 1010011011001 10110001 1111100111 0111101001 1011110110 11111001001 101101101 1110111001 1110111011 1111110111 111110101 1101101 111110101 10101101001 111110110 1110110101 11100111101 1010010101 101111011 0011101011 10101001101 101111111 1101101101 1111101100 1111100101 110100110 10010111 0111010101 1101111100 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Dublin Roads;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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