This is an analysis of the poem England To Ireland that begins with:

Spouse whom my sword in the olden time won me,
Winning me hatred more sharp than a sword--... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcdc efefXgXg fefecdcd hahafefe ciciXbhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010111 1011011101 10010111111 1101111101 10010110100 1101011001 10010010010 1111101011 10110011110 1001011001 11010110010 1011001001 10111010100 10001011101 11110011010 1011001001 11011010010 1111101011 10010010010 1001001001 111111101001 1011010001 10101111010 1001001001 11010011010 1101010001 10100011010 1001001001 11110011010 1001101001 10010010010 1001010001 11011010110 1101001001 111100101010 1101011101 10011111100 1001011101 10110110110 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 341
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; me, for, with are repeated.

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