This is an analysis of the poem Ancient Gaelic Melody that begins with:
I.
Birds of omen dark and foul,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbccddee Xffgghhii Xjjaaiiii XkkaaccXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 1010111 1110111 1011001 1111111 10111010 10111010 1011111 0011101 1 1010111 1011101 1111111 1011001 1111111 1010101 1110101 1010101 1 01110101 11110101 11110111 11010101 11010111 11110101 110101101 11001101 1 11110111 1000010101 100100101 11100101 11110101 100110001 11110110 110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thy is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word sun at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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