This is an analysis of the poem To Ireland that begins with:

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Bear witness, Erin! when thine injured isle... full text

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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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