This is an analysis of the poem Irish Town that begins with:

The drunken girls are in the ocean.
When they come out it will be time for Mass...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXa aXXXXcXcbbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110010 1111000111 10101110011 11111111 1101110111 111101111100 0011001111 011111010 1011110011 101111101 110010111 110100011 111110111 10100010110 1101110111 11100111011 11011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length 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; we, about are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Irish Town;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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