This is an analysis of the poem To Ireland that begins with:
I.
Bear witness, Erin! when thine injured isle... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbccXddee XdebXcXXbfeXcaeaXfXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,20,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1 1101011101 1101010101 0111000111 010010011001 111111000101 11110001010101 1101011101 1011100101 1101010001 1 111 0111110111 0101010101 11111100111 1100010101 01010000100 011101001010 1111010101 01110011100 11010010101 1111011101 1110010101 0101000101 1111110001 11010011111 011101011001 0101000111 111111011100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 596
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; its is repeated.
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- summary of To Ireland;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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