This is an analysis of the poem The Author's Earnest Cry And Prayer that begins with:

YE Irish lords, ye knights an' squires,
Wha represent our brughs an' shires,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabXb ccXbcb dddXde ffXgfg hhXhhh iiiXiX XXXggg jjjdjd bbbaba bbbXbg Xbbbbb aaaaXX XXdXXX XXXXeX Xkkkbk ggXlgl kXXXXe Xbbcbc mmmkmX cccXce XXXiXi nnndXd lllblb eXXcec aXXaaa aaXeae aaaaaa XXXXXd gggogo hhhXhX Xiidid XjjhXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111110 11011111 110010101 0100 01010101 1101 01110101 11011111 01010101 1101 11010101 1101 101101010 101101010 1011111010 1101 110101010 11110 11111011 01010101 11111101 01010 01010111 01010 11011111 11110111 11110111 10110 01001101 11010 01011011 11110111 11111111 1111 11111111 0101 11010101 01011101 1111000001 1001 010101010 1101 110101010 0101001100 11110110 1001 100111110 0111 01110111 11011101 01011101 1101 11010101 1101 01010101 11010111 111110001 111101 11111111 11111 11110111 0111101 11110011 11010 110101001 11010 11110101 01010011 10100111 0101 11011101 1101 1010111110 1110011001 111101010 01111 110111100 10011 110110101 1101001101 1100011101 11010 111000110 11110 1101111010 0101011010 110111010 1101 111101100 1101 011101110 011101010 11111111 1111 111101010 1001 01100101 010101001 11110111 1011 11110111 01010 11011101 01010111 10110101 1101 11010001 10111 11111101 1101101 10010101 1101 11111111 0110 111100101 11110111 11111101 10101 11100101 11010 1111111001 100111010 1101011101 1101 011111110 1101 11110101 11110111 11011101 11010 111111 01010 1101011 11010101 10110111 0111 11011101 1110 111101110 111101011 110100110 1111 111101110 0101 11110111 11111111 01110101 11110 11010111 11010 1001110101 11011101 11110110 11110 11010101 11110 11110101 11011101 110101001 0101 11011001 0101 110101110 110101110 110101010 0111 110111100 0111 11010101 10010101 11010100 1101 11111101 1101 111101011 111101111 100101011 1111 0101110101 0110 10110111 11010101 11000101 01110 11110101 11010 101101010 111100110 111111110 1111 101101100 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 223
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', your, her, o', their, him are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her, him are repeated).

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  • summary of The Author's Earnest Cry And Prayer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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