This is an analysis of the poem Cean Dubh Deelish that begins with:

PUT your head, darling, darling, darling,
   Your darling black head my heart above; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCB adXdXaBCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101010 110111101 1101001110 1010110111 11011001111010 10010100111 11011011110 1110101111 1111101010 110111101 1101001110 1010110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • 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; darling, for are repeated.

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