This is an analysis of the poem The Lepracaun Or Fairy Shoemaker that begins with:

Little Cowboy, what have you heard,
Up on the lonely rath's green mound? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcdedfgeXhXehaiffai XbjjbXhfhbdXXXklkaagaga mnmnnccdcdlihXfbbfaXllai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,23,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 11010111 10010101 10010101 10101011 100110101 1111 1011 10101010 00101 11101 10111 101010 101011 1111001 11111110010 101011010 100100101 11100101 101 101001 1101111 1101 1 111100100 110101001 1111010110 1101010010 10110111 11010 10001 110101 1101 0111 11101 1011001 10111 1110101 0110101 10010111 10111111 111001 0101 1011 1001 1001 01 111111111 001011111 010101101 100110101 1010001 10101001 1111 111 0110111 01011 1010101 10101 111111 101011 01110101 11111111 1011111 110111 110111101 0110100 1001001001 11101011 1111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 666
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; chary, in, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Lepracaun Or Fairy Shoemaker;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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