This is an analysis of the poem Oh, The Shamrock that begins with:
Through Erin's Isle
To sport awhile ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccbddeffeGhhg XXXiiXjjkjjXGL bbkaakffmnnmGL
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,14,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 0101 1111010 0101 1101 0101010 10011 0101 1101110 1101 11001 1101010 10110101011 101 0111 1101011 1101 10111 11010100 11101 1111 11011000 1101 0101 11101110 0111 1101 11011100 10110101011 1011100 1101 1101 1111010 1111 1101 1101010 1111 01001 0101110 1101 0101 0101010 10110101011 1011100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; shamrock is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word etc at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Oh, The Shamrock;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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