Avenging And Bright by Thomas Moore: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Avenging And Bright that begins with:

Avenging and bright fall the swift sword of Erin
On him who the brave sons of Usna betray'd! -- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bbbb efef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010111011010 11101101001 11001111100010 010011111001 1011111010110 110110011001 1010011110110 11011001001 110010111010 01101001001 111011111110 11001101001 111111111010 11101101001 111110111010 01101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, our, though, sweet are repeated.

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

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