This is an analysis of the poem Red Hanrahan's Song About Ireland that begins with:

THE old brown thorn-trees break in two high over Cummen Strand,
Under a bitter black wind that blows from the left hand;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbCXXXXCddaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01111101110101 1001011110011 11011111001111 11110011011001 0110100100 01110101110110 110101011110111 10111101111110 11111111110101 0110100100 01011101111111 1011110100101 1101010110111 11010110010101 0110100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 817
  • Average number of words per stanza: 156
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • 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; in, of are repeated.

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