This is an analysis of the poem Shancoduff that begins with:

My black hills have never seen the sun rising,
Eternally they look north towards Armagh....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXX XXXbX XXbaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010110 01001110110 1111010110 10011111110 111010010 111011001 10110010010 111111110100 00101111001 001100110100 01011001010100 101010100001001 11111010101 101011111010 010111011010 11101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word my 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 Shancoduff;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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