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?…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 120

Repeated words/phrases

your, and, her, with, my, to, they, i, their, as, his, you

Anaphora

and, their, his, your