This is an analysis of the poem The Irishmen's Lament that begins with:
We 're aich a descindint
Av the great an resplindint ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX XXXX X aXa Xbbb Xccc XdXX d XXX XeeX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,1,3,4,4,4,1,3,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100 1011100 011000 11010 11111 11111 1110110 101011 101011 111011 10011 101011 0111111 1101111 111111 011011 01101 11011 111001 01110 1111010 111010 1111010 1111 101101 0111101 111011 11010010 11111 11101 1111001 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, us, loike, oi 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 us is repeated).
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- summary of The Irishmen's Lament;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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