This is an analysis of the poem Thady O'Flanagan To A Friend In London that begins with:
Imagination Cove, Melancholy Ocean,
May 1869....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX abbbcc ddeeff aaggXghhaaffii ccaajjaaXj ccXa aaddXkkhhaacchheeggbag XX iggX XcXXjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,6,14,10,4,22,2,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101101010 11 110111111110 111110111110 1110011110010 011010110110 1010111011001 110100010010 101001101101 111010010011 11111101101 11101001011 11111111011010 1110010110010 1010110110010 0111011111110 011010110010 0110111100010 111010011110 111110010110 101111011001 01111001011 11101001001 01101011011 110110110010 1110010110010 1111111010010 1111010110110 101111001011 0110101011001 111110010110 010010010110 101001101001 11111001111 0110011011001 11011111001 010001101101 111001001011 111001001001 111101011111 1111010010100 0010010010010 111001111011 101001001011 11011011011 110001011110 110010110111 110001101101 0101010011101 11101101001 101001001101 111010111010 110010110010 101101001101 10101001101 101101001001 001011101111 111111011101 111101111101 010010111010 1011010110110 1101011011010 1010010011010 010 11000 10100 110010111010 1010010111010 1010111010010 101010101 1010 00100110100000 11 111001011 111101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; and, as, to, in, he, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase in connects the lines.
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