This is an analysis of the poem Ossian’s Grave that begins with:

PREHISTORIC MONUMENT NEAR CUSHENDALL
IN ANTRIM...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbcdefXgghibajkXbbfabgbbfgbhblIMBXeXggkddbjfbhg hnibXafcXnmlXbX IMgbcgbhgbBXbdBhad IBXbbedb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 49,15,18,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101001100 010 1101000101 010111101001 110100001001 010011101011 01011010010 011110001111 1110111001010 00110110111 10001 01010111001100 11010 100110110111 100011110010 1000100100101001 1010001110 1001010111110 1100011001101 110100110110 01010 110100101 11101100101 1111001010 001101001001 111100101110 11011001011 0110101101110 010 01111010111 011111011 100110100110 1111100 001101 111011 10010010 01110110 1011101100 11001 110101001 1011001110 11010011110010001 01111 01010101110 110110100011 100101110 1010010110 101101101010 011101101001 11110101001 1001100110 011010111110 01001001011101 1110101010 11101101001011 11111 010110111111 11001 110110111110 10010100011 110011011110 1111001 00100100111110001 111101010001 1111100 001101 1011010 1100100 110101 0010001 111101011 1100101 1110001011 01011100110111 1101 11010101010 00100111 110011010 1101 00100101 111111111 111010101 1111100 111011 010101 10001101 10001 1100111001010 10110111001011 0110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 892
  • Average number of words per stanza: 166
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • 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; of, like, in, not, lives are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words enough, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Ossian’s Grave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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