This is an analysis of the poem Though The Last Glimpse Of Erin With Sorrow I See that begins with:

Though the last glimpse of Erin with sorrow I see,
Yet wherever thou art shall seem Erin to me; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd XXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101001011 101011111001 01111011011 111111001011 001011011101 101001011111 101011011011 11101111001 1111111110010 111011111001 11101101001 11011111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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