This is an analysis of To Ireland by Alfred Austin.
``What ails you, Sister Erin, that your face
Is, like your mountains, still bedewed with tears?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths:
- Metre:
- Closest metre:
- Guessed form:
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 120
Repeated words/phrases
your, and, her, with, my, to, they, i, their, as, his, you
Anaphora
and, their, his, your

