This is an analysis of the poem Roger Casement that begins with:

THEY have hanged Roger Casement to the tolling
of a bell,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbcXXXcX bXbXdddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101000010 001 1011010 11111101110101 1011010 1111110011 101 11110101100 100 1101111101 0101 10110110100 110010100010001 1011010 10111000010100 1011010 01110100111001 011001100110001 1111011010101 1110101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; ochone, their, and, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Roger Casement;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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