This is an analysis of the poem The O'Rahilly that begins with:
SING of the O'Rahilly,
Do not deny his right;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbcbD XefegacaD abgXfhhXD aaXagbXbD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001000 110101 1010101 011101 1110100 010010 1111101 1100101 11010 1001000 111101 1111100 110101 1010101 101101 1110101 110101 11010 1110101 111101 11111001 111111 1111100 110101 10110101 1101010 11010 1010101 100111 110011 111101 1111101 010101 1101000 1101 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The author used the same word sing at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word weather at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The O'Rahilly;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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