This is an analysis of the poem Gortnamona that begins with:

Long, long ago in the woods of Gortnamona,
I thought the birds were singing in the blackthorn tree;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xaba Xaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101000 110101000101 11011111101010 0011101011101 110100101000 110111010101 110100111101010 1111111010101 101110101000 110111010101 11000111101010 1011101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ringing, crying, weeping are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Gortnamona;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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