This is an analysis of the poem The Canon Of Aughrim that begins with:
You ask me of English honour, whether your Nation is just?
Justice for us is a word divine, a name we revere,... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd abae fgfg hchc icic jkjk gggg hkhk dhdh klkl gdgd mcmc ngng dada glgl gngn hbhb gkgk haha bkbk kckc oaoa acac nlnl adad dgdg bpbp agag kgkg gbgb akak amaX qgqg dcdc pbpb hchc akak kckc gggg dkdk dgdg cdcd eoeo Xggg dgdg ojoj dede adad cjcj drdr
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 77
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 308
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to, in, you, still, see, house, we, world, with, it, his, her, she, us, by, all, for, law, order, from, he, on, that, war, here, there, they, i, your, than are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, still, see, a, she, all, only, who, here, granted are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases sad, stern connect the lines.
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- summary of The Canon Of Aughrim;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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