This is an analysis of the poem Sweet Innisfallen that begins with:

Sweet Innisfallen, fare thee well,
May calm and sunshine long be thine! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab aaaa bcbc dXde Xfgf hehe iiii agagXfbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000111 11111101 11111101 01111101 11000111 010011101 110111101 11111101 11011111 11010101 11010101 11111101 11101101 11011101 10101101 01111111 110011010 01011111 1101011010 11011101 111000111 11111111 11011101 11011101 11011101 01110101 110111001 111101001 10110101 110100111 11111101 110111001 11011111 11011101 010101101 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word sweet at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Sweet Innisfallen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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