This is an analysis of the poem The Wanderings Of Oisin: Book I that begins with:

S. Patrick. You who are bent, and bald, and blind,
With a heavy heart and a wandering mind,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdeeede dcXXffgaXhhd aaifcf c aaaahheX eeeeeX djdX jkgXkbekhX eX Xkjkjcccc fflaclXeX aaceeecemnccmnjocpcjpXkkcX gggcdcdcXqqqXcddffXdcc aad gcicaaadadaaadaX aann emmffgiefhccXjXjckkggijejeqcqcakaaakhCCXhknhnqakqaapmmpddgghheehhfece cfppbbbhhhabbghkgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,12,6,1,8,6,4,10,2,9,9,26,22,3,16,4,69,26,29,14,14,16,23,18,1,40,8,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111111 00101101001 111100101 010000101 1010010100 01010001 01001101 110101011 110101001 101101111 1011101011 11001101001 11101101 11100101101 0110110 1100101001 10011101 1100010101 1110111001 011111011 1010100100 11011001 01011111 0101010001 110011101 100100101 0100100100 101100111 11010101 10110111 110111101101 1011111111 110010101 01010111 110010101 111101001 00110101 01010101 010010101 11010101 111101001 11010101 11010101 111110111 101101110 11011101 10110111 111101 0101000010 11101111 11011111 010101001 01010101 010111011 11111101 01000101 11111111 11011100 11111101 11110111 11111111 11111110 01010101 11101101 111110001 01110101 01010101 01010101 11110101 11001101 11011101 11110111 000100101 11001111 11010101 11111101 11010101 11111111 11001101 11011111 01101001001 111111001 1011110101 110111001 10100111011 1110110101 1100101101 1010101001 1010110101 111101111 1010110101 111111011 11110101 101011001 1101101111 1010101011 1111001010 10110100101 1101110111 111101010 110011010 11110111 10111101 111010111 011110111 111101111 00101011 1100001101 110111011 1101111 111110101 111101001 111100101 01110111 11000111 11110111 111111001 110101010 110101010 11110101 011101001 110101010 110101010 1110110 11101111 11110111 11010011 11011110101 01011011 111100111 10110100101 111011110 11101000 101111010 010101001 11001101 110100111 11010101 111110101 11011111 110101101 01100100101 10100111001 010111001 111100101 11110101 1011011 11010101 11010101 01110111 110110111 001110111 111001111 01010101 01010101 11110101 11010100 10110111 110010101 10010101 10001101 01010101 101101001 110100111 1011010010 010100101 11010010010 01010101 10010101 110101001 11010011 110100100 11110101 01010001 01110111 1111001001 110000111 010001001 110010111 11011101 11010101 11010111 11000111 01111001 11010111 11010001 11010101 01011101 11010111 01011101 11010101 11011101 110100101 1111101 10010101 1111001001 10011101 01000101 11010101 10011101 01110101 110101010 11011101 11110101 1101001010 11110111 1101000101 11001111 11110001 1100101 10011111 11110111 111100111 11111101 0111101001 11011001 11010101 010100101 10110110101 1111111001 11010101 1101010010 100111010 11010101 01111111 01010111 11011101 01010101 01000101 11010111 11011111 11010101 11110101 01011101 11011111 01110101 11010101 10110111 11010101 110100111 010011101 11110001 111100111 11010101 111011011 11111101 010011101 01010111 11010101 11010101 11011111 100101001 01010001 11110101 11110101 10110101 11010011 11001101 11110101 11011001 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 110100101 11010101 10101101 10110111 111101111 10110101 1010101 111111010 11001110010 11010101 10010101 11010111 10011101 11111111 11110101 11101111 11110101 11101111 11011101 11011101 01111111 10110001 11000101 10011101 11111111 11100101 11010101 01010001 11110100 110011101 11110101 10011101 11010101 11011101 111111110 1111010010 1011001010 1101001010 01010111 1101001001 110100101 10100001 0011101 01011001 10101010 10111100 11010111 10101001 110101010 110111111 11101011 11111010 1011001010 01110101 0101001000 01010111 01010101 11000101 11111101 11100101 01111101 01010011 11110111 011100101 10111101 11101101 11101101 11100010 11100010 11000101 110010101 1001011 01111111 111111001 100111110 1011001010 11010100 11011101 01010101 11010100 110101001 01011101 11101101 10010101 11010100 11010011 01011101 11010111 01011101 11010100 0101111 111101011 01110111 1011 11011 1011 11010101 11010101 10110101 11110111 11011000 01010101 01110101 110001101 01010111 010010101 01011001 10001101 0111101 11111111 11010111 01010101 111111010 11011101 111101110 11111111 010101001 11011101 01001100 100100101 10010101 0010101110 11010111 111111010 11010101 11011011 11011011 1101111 11100101 110100101 110010011 11110101 11011111 11010111 11010111 1111010001 0010010010010 11101001001 110010110110 1101001001 11001011001 1011101011 10100110101 11101001010 11101001011 101001010110 1111001011 0111111001 11001001010 01011111001 110101110 010100101 110001010 1010100101 111111010 11011100100 11010010001001 10110100101 10110001001 1011111101 1111001001 110111001 10110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 541
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 428
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, on, my, that, of, i, hundred, nor, me, her, you, our, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, of, and, their, he, each, some, or are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, us are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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