This is an analysis of the poem The Dedication To A Book Of Stories Selected From The Irish Novelists that begins with:

There was a green branch hung with many a bell
When her own people ruled this tragic Eire;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa aaaa bccb dXXd effeXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011101001 1011010101 100100101010 0101011101 0101010001 110101000010 11010101010 1111010101 11110010111 11010111110 11010101010 1101011101 1100111111 01010101110 1100010101 1101011011 1011010101 11010111110 110100110010 1101011101 1111111100 01010100110 11110011110 1101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Dedication To A Book Of Stories Selected From The Irish Novelists;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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