This is an analysis of the poem The Return To Ulster that begins with:
Once again,- but how chang'd since my wand'rings began-
I have heard the deep voice of the Lagan and Bann,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXaaaa aaccXbbb ddccddee ffbbaaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101111111001 111011001011 101010011001 11001001100 01111011111 0010111010001 111011001001 11111011011 011101111101 110010001001 01001001001 01111011011 1110111111110 101011101011 01111011001 101001001011 111101001111 11011111011 11101011001 101001111001 11010111101 10101111101 101111001001 10101011111 11010111011 11011001101 01101001001 111101111101 11111111011 1010001001101 101101011011 1011010101110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 400
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my, and, she, that, had, been, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, but are repeated.
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