This is an analysis of the poem The Flower Of Finae that begins with:

Bright red is the sun on the waves of Lough Sheelin,
A cool, gentle breeze from the mountain is stealing,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX aXbX XXbX XXbX ccbX ddbX ccbX aabX aabX aabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011010110 011010010010 11101001101 11011001001 010111011110 111010100110 101101111111 1100101001 111011111110 1110110100010 1110010010011 01011001001 111111111010 111111010010 111011011111 11101100111 1100101100101 10110100110100 11001001101 111111001001 111100110010 111010110010 110111001101 11111011010 110111111010 011011011110 110011001001 1101100101 111010100010 011010010010 01101011001 0111101111 1010110010110 111010011010 11011001001 1101101101 0010010010010 110011010010 11011001001 01011001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; her, as, and, who, one, he, come, him, of are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word finae at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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