This is an analysis of the poem Love And War that begins with:
How soft is the moon on Glengariff,
The rocks seem to melt with the light:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbcb adadceXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011100 01101001 111010110 01011011 11001001 1001001001 111110110 11101001 110111011 11011101 110111011 101101011 110010110 101011011 011010100 010110001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
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