This is an analysis of the poem The Wanderings Of Oisin: Book Iii that begins with:
Fled foam underneath us, and round us, a wandering and milky smoke,
High as the Saddle-girth, covering away from our glances the tide;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abab Xcdc cacA eFeF abab ghgh aeae bbbb hfhX cfcf ibib bfbf hjhj Xkfk gfgf bfbf fifi lhlh mgmg Gbgb Gbgb ffff Xeae fhfh bebe ndnX hkhk gggX ejej nfnX glgl mbmb Xhgh igiX abab eFXF mama gggg eheh fcfc lbXb gbgb gbgX caca XbgX gggg blbl lelX dfXf cncn Xlgl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101111101001101 11010110001011001 111111100011101 0010010001011011011 111010010111010 11001111101101 11010011100111 11010111001001 011111010101100101 111100110101011 11110111111101111 11101111101001101 11110100110111011 1110100101100101 1011001011111001 11100111011001001 10111011001011001 100100101101111 11110111101001 110101100111001 1010011100100101 111001011001001101 1111111011011101 10101001110100111 101101011001001011 010110011100111 100111110101001 110110101111001 110010111101111 111010110010101 111010101110111 1110111100111011 110011101101101 010110101100101 11001001010100101 0101011011011011 01111001011111101 110010010110011001 1101100111011011 100101001101001 1100110100111011 1001011011001111 1010011100100111 110010111101101 1001001111001011 011011100111011 01011110110011001 101100111001011 1111100101110101 01101001010101101 11001011001001101 11001011010101101 11110111111110100 11111001101100101 01001111001001001 1110111101101001 10010111011001 1101101001101001 11001001110010001 11010101001001 11110011100101 1101101110101011 1111001111001001 11001001011001001 1100101111001011 011100101101001 111001001111001011 1011101011001011 1001011001001101 01011001111101101 00100001011010100001011 1010100111111001 00100100101111011 1011111101101011 1011100101010011 11001011011011011 11001011001001101 1010110010101011011 101001001000100101 101001011011001101 11001011001001101 101101101101101011 10100110101010101 1011110011101101 1011100101001011 111010110111101 11101001101001011 11111111011001001 1101101101100111 101010110010101101 1101110101101011 1011001001011101 111011100101011 110101101001001 11111111111101001 001101101001011101 11110110101111011 11001001001011101 10111110111001001 110011011111101001 111110010101001001 100100110010001001 0101011000101101101 1010110110011010 1010110110100101 100101101100101 111101100101001 11111001011011101 1111100111101011 100101101101111 1010110110010001101 0111100111101001 111111101001101 1111010111101111 0010100101101111 110110101101001 11011001011001001 01000110101100111 11011010111101 100011001110001011 11001101011001001 101101000101001 111011001001001101 11101011001001001 1110100101110101 11010111001001 111111101101011 11011011010111011 1101000111011011 110010100011101 111101101001011101 1110111110101101 101001011100101 00111101001011101 11001101100100111 1101000111011011 01011011101001001 1100100101101111 11110111101001 00100010011100101 11110100111101011 1110100101100101 1011001011111010 11100111011001001 1011011011101101 11110100101001011 110110101110101 11101111101001101 110110110111001 1001010111100001 1110111101101001 10101001010001011 11000100101100111 111101111111011 1001111001001101 0011100101100111 01011110111001101 10100110110101111 1101111111011001 111111101001001001 1010010101110101 11000101110101111 1110101100101101 10110101001001011 1101100100100111 10011110101001101 01001001110011011 101001011101001001 10111101111100111 1100110111111001 111111111111011001 111110001111001111 010011101101001111 10110110111101011 101001001111111011 11111111111111011 11011011110111110 111010110111011111 11111000100111 1010011110101111 1101101111011101 01011001101100001 111100101100111 1111011101111111 11101001011001101 110010011011011011 101001101011011011 001111011001101011 011110110011101001 1110110110110101 11011011111111101 010111010010101101 10100111101001001 101111001101110101 1111110111010 111110110011101001 11010100101010101011 10101001010101011 10011111101111 01001101101001011 10101011111001011001 01111001101101011 010001001001101011 11001001011001001 11001011011001101 0111101111011111 100100110100110 1011001011011011 1011010111001101 11011101111001011 11101111111011011 11101001101111011 11010101011001001011 11101001111101011 111110111111101 10101001101011001 1011001001011001111 011001101001001011 1100101010101001 1011110110111001 0010110111111011 1110101111011011 10101110111010 1100100100101111
- Amount of stanzas: 56
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 224
- Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, we, us, in, his, place, with, your, my, moved, or, when, on, to, i, so, their, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, in, how, when, i, on, hearing are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase grey connects the lines.
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- summary of The Wanderings Of Oisin: Book Iii;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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