This is an analysis of the poem The Burial Of Saint Brendan that begins with:

ON the third day from this (Saint Brendan said)
I will be where no wind that filled a sail...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcef adagaaa Xbfhfhh dfhdhef XcfhijX fXXjjhX fXXbXkk dfgagfi jfbkbXk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1011001101 1001111101 1100101111 1001100101 1111110101 010101110 1111010110 1101111101 01011110101 1111111111 1111110101 11110010101 110010101001 1111110001 1101011100 0101000100 1011111101 0101111100 1011010111 1101001101 1101010101 1100011101 11010011011 0111110111 1011010101 1101111111 1111010100 1111001001 1100011101 1011011110 11011100101 1111010111 0111011111 1101110111 0101010100 1101011001 110111010111 11110011100 11010100011 1011000101 1011011101 101111010 11011111001 1001110101 01011101101 1001101111 1001011101 101110001001 1111010101 101011100001 1111110100 1001110111 111101111 0101111011 11111010011 1101111111 1001111111 1011110101 1010010101 1101110101 110110101 1001010101 1100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; from, this, to, and, in, you, who are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Burial Of Saint Brendan;
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  • history of its creation;
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