This is an analysis of the poem The Harp Of Aengus that begins with:
Edain came out of Midhir's hill, and lay
Beside young Aengus in his tower of glass,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbcXbXXacXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011010111 01110001001 1101010101 1101110001 1101111101 01011011100 011001011101 1011010011 0101101111 1101110001 1101010101 1101011111 10110111101 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 583
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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, of, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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