This is an analysis of the poem Donal Campbell that begins with:
DONAL' CAMPBELL
-Donal' Bane-... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbbXdaaXXd XXXbXbeb cXefcXXf cXXbbagb heXiXeXi aXcecXXe dhgaXbXa hacdeaXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 101 101010 10 001001 100010 101 1110101 11010 1010 101010 10010111 101000101010 1010 10101010110 101 10111010 11101110 001100100010 101 1011101000 10100101 10101010101 1101 1110001110 101010 10101010011 0101 1110111010 10101 11011101100 101 1101010010 001 1101011111 101 1011001010 111011 0100011001011 1 010111001010 10 010100100110 101 1101110101 0111010 1011011100 10101 10101001010100 1010 11110101110 101 101010010001 11010 101010100101 11 0011101011 1010110 101010101010 001 11111010 11100110 101000101010 1001 111001100011 0010 101010100101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word donal' is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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