Postscriptum : September 1913 by Thomas MacDonagh: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Postscriptum : September 1913 that begins with:

I, Adam, saw this life begin
And lived in Eden without sin,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc ddee XXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 11010011 010101011 11110101 11010111 111100101 110011001 11010111 11010101 11011100 111111011 01010011 111101110 11110101 01010111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, my are repeated.

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

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

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