This is an analysis of the poem The Giant’s Ring that begins with:

BALLYLESSON, NEAR BELFAST
Whoever is able will pursue the plainly...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcadeceXfgXXXcXgdfcdfXbXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000111 010010001010 11010001101011101 1001 100101010100 110011111111110 1011 1101000101 1011010010110100 10010 1011110100 010100100101001010 1100 10001000101011 1101110110001 0010010101 00101110010 11010001110100111 11010 1111010110100 01010011101100101 10010 1010011011111 101110101011110 100111001 01110011010000 11010010110111 1011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 212
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; of, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Giant’s Ring;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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