This is an analysis of the poem The Dugannon Convention that begins with:

The church of Dungannon is full to the door,
And sabre and spur clash at times on the floor,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaa eeddffggdd ddddXahhgg iiaaaadddX aahhddjjcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010001001 11011111101 11011011101 111001001001 001001011001 101011011001 111001101001 11001101001 11111001001 11001101001 11011101011 11001011111 11001001011 01011001101 001001001101 111011101011 1010010011001 101001011001 101011111001 111011111111 1001101011011 01001011011 01001001011 101011011011 0100111101 11000101001 11011111010 01101001101 11101001011 101011010001 110011010001 11101010001 11001011011 101101001001 0010110001001 11011111011 100011101011 11011011101 11001101001 01111101111 01010001011 11101011101 101001011001 001011001001 111101111101 110001011101 001101101001 111001101011 11101001111 101001001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 484
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, of, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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