This is an analysis of the poem A Song For The Irish Militia that begins with:
The tribune's tongue and poet's pen
May sow the seed in prostrate men; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaAaaABB ccbbaaBB ddeeddBB ffXXXXBB eebbffBBXAaAaaABB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11111101 11110101 01010111 01011101 11111101 01111101 01011101 11110101 11010111 01011101 01010111 01011101 01011101 11011101 11010111 11010111 11011101 11110101 01010111 01011101 1100010 01011101 11011100 11011100 110010101 011100111 01010111 01011101 11111111 01110101 11010111 11011101 01011101 111100101 01010111 01011101 01011101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11111111 11110101 01010111 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, if, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word free at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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