This is an analysis of the poem Grange House Lodge that begins with:

Babylon is passed away,
Dublin's day must now begin;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acdc cece fgfg bgXg hhhh hhhh ijij kbkb bfbfXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1011101 1010101 1110111 1111000 0010111 1010100 1010101 1110101 1011101 1111101 1010101 1011101 0011001 1110101 0011101 1110101 0010011 1010100 1110101 0010101 1011101 1010101 1110111 1110111 1111111 1011101 1010111 11001111 1011101 1111101 1110111 1010101 0111101 1111101 1010101 1011111 1011101 10101001 1011111 1100100 11101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to, and, you are repeated.

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