This is an analysis of the poem Gathering Song Of Donald The Black that begins with:
Pibroch of Donuil Dhu
Pibroch of Donuil ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXabab cXXXcdcd ceXefbfX dXdcgege gegebhXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101 10010 111101 10110 101101 10010 101101 10110 10111 010110 011110 111000 1100111 11111 1100111 11111 110001 010110 101100 011010 101101 11110 101101 10110 110111 10110 110111 10110 101101 10110 110111 10110 111111 11110 110101 10010 111111 10111 100101 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come, leave, faster, and, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words pibroch, leave, faster are repeated.
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