This is an analysis of the poem Inscription On A Ruin that begins with:
I stood beside the postern here,
High up above the trampling sea,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 11010101 01110001 01110101 01010101 11110111 01010001 11100101 11011001 11010101 10110101 010011011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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More information about poems by Thomas MacDonagh
- Analysis of Inscriptions : I. Of Ireland
- Analysis of Inscriptions : Ii.
- Analysis of Inscriptions : Iii.