This is an analysis of the poem Come Gather Round Me, Parnellites that begins with:

COME gather round me, Parnellites,
And praise our chosen man;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabbXb acbcdeae abXbabab XbXbdeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111000 111101 10111101 101111 11111101 110101 1111110 110101 1101010 111101 1101010 110101 11000101 110101 1101010 110101 1101010 110101 10011101 110001 1101011 110101 10110101 110101 0101010 110101 01011101 110101 1101110 110101 1101010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words stand, and are repeated.

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

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