This is an analysis of the poem How She Went To Ireland that begins with:

Dora’s gone to Ireland
Through the sleet and snow; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbaB aCXXaC abXbaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 10111 101111 00111 1110100 10111 1111100 10100 111011 10100 1010100 10100 1110100 11101 101110 101001 1110100 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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