This is an analysis of A Fairy Hunt by Francis Ledwidge.

Who would hear the fairy horn
Calling all the hounds of Finn…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dddd aaaaXdbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1110101 1010101 1000111 1010101 1110111 1111101 1010111 11010101 1011101 1010101 0010101 1110101 1010001 1010101 1110001 1010101 1010101 1010101 10111101 0010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

oh