This is an analysis of the poem Eve (From The Old Irish) that begins with:

I am Eve, great Adam's wife,
I that wrought my children's loss, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1111101 1111001 1111001 1010101 1111101 1010111 10011111 111100 10101001 1111011 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, ill are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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