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

Now, man of croziers, shadows called our names
And then away, away, like whirling flames;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccbbaaddddaae aaaabbaaa bbffccgggbccgghhggddihaacciiiidDgjjXkDcbXX aXllbbbaa b bgggaajjX XbXddXbggccbbbb iiddggiimmgn gnnggnnmmiiggcccXggmmllba bccbbggaallnnaaiimmccooeeffggggbbaaddXcgXjjggXXh bbacccddgXjjeeppqqaaab abbdd hhppc ciiXmooaagi giiccl nn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,9,42,9,1,9,15,12,25,48,22,5,5,11,6,6,5,5,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101011111 1101011101 1111110011 0111010111 111101011 1111110011 10110101011 0111111101 110010101001 1101010101 1111010111 01011111011 1111111101 1101000101 1111111011 1111110101 0100110100 0101110101 1001 111101 11011110101 110101010010 10000101110 1001010111 0101010101 11010010101 110111101 111111 0101 10001011111 100111011001 0111111101 11110101101 0111010101 1101000111 1111110101 01111001111 11110010011 01110010101 01001001111 1110000101 1011111111 11111111010 10110101010 0111110101 11110101001 01001010101 1001001111 100100011101 1111110110 1001011111 1001011101 11001101111 0101110011 110101 1101111001 1011011111 110101 11110010101 1001011001 110111 1101011101 11111011011 111100 1111111100 1001011001 110101 1001101111 1111110110 010011 010011110010 11111101110 1011111100 1101011111 1100110111 0111010101 1011111101 11001110001 1111000101 11100001111 100101010001 1011110111 1100111011 1011011001 1101110101 1110010101 1111011111 0101110101 1011110101 11110 11101 111111 1011 1101010111 10110100110 101111101 1111010111 11010100111 11110010101 1001111101 11011101001 1001001001 0111001101 11010010101 1111010011 0101010011 0111101111 1101100101 1101111111 1001100101 1011111101 1111110111 11011111111 10010010011 11111101001 1101001 1101 1111000111 1011001111 1101111110 01001001101 1011011111 01010101001 1001011001 1101011101 1001011001 1001010001 1100111101 1101100101 1001010101 1011110111 1100111011 0101010100 1111100110 1101010101 10010111011 1001111101 010010001001 1101111111 1001011101 11001010 11 01110010111 11110010001 1101111101 1001110101 0011011101 1111011101 1101010101 0111010101 110011001001 1111100111 110101101011 100100100001 01010101001 1100010001 1011011011 01101100101 0011110101 1101110001 0101011011 0101101001 1101010111 01010110101 1100011011 0011001111 1011010011 0101010111 01011111011 1011010101 1111010011 1101010011 10010011101 0101011111 1101101101 1011011101 0111010111 1011110111 1111010100 0101011111 1101111011 0011011111 0111000101 1101110101 0011010011 1001011101 11100101011 1111111001 1110 10111 11110011111 11110101010 1111110101 1011110111 1111010111 1101101111 0101011011 1111110101 1101110101 1001011001 1101110011 11001010001 1101010101 01011100001 01110100101 01001010101 1111011101 1100011101 1011010101 1101111111 1010001 1100101 1101010111 1111110101 1111010111 1111111111 1011111101010 010010101010 1011010111 11011100101 11110101001 1101111011 1110111011 11011100001 11011100 1110011101 1101111001 0101011101 0111110100 11011001111 1101011101 1101 010011 1101010101 0110111111 010011111111 10011101101 1101 11111 1011110111 1101111001 1101010101 10110101000 0001000111 1111110001 11001101101 1011110101 1011010111 110101 1101110111 11010011001 11110111101 1011110011 010111 111110111 00100100011 01001010100 1100110 1101 0010010 1111 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 518
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 262
  • 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, churned, his, ', of, i, that, by, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Wanderings Of Oisin: Book Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by William Butler Yeats