This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Innisfail that begins with:

They came from a land beyond the sea,
And now o'er the western main ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXde dbdbXaXa eaeaafcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010101 11100101 110101100 0010101 101011101 11011100 111110101 1100101 1110110101 01001001 1101111001 1110111 1010011000 11001001 11001001001 1100111 111100101 111111 010110101 1101111 11111111 1110111 111110100 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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