This is an analysis of the poem Limbo that begins with:
Fishermen at Ballyshannon
Netted an infant last night...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX XbXX cXca XcXX XaXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011000 1011011 010010 11010010 01111 0010101 1110010 101100 10101001 011010 1101001 10010 110010 01001 1110001 11000 011001 111101 1011100 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Limbo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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