This is an analysis of Carrowmore by George William Russell.
IT’S a lonely road through bogland to the lake at Carrowmore,
And a sleeper there lies dreaming where the water laps the shore;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabb aabb cccc aadd eeff
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 001011100011100 101011101010101 101100110110101 101010101010001 10010111010100001 1110010111110111 111010101010101 011010101010101 101011101010101 101100101010101 101010101010101 10101110010101 111010100100101 001100101011101 1110101110101101 101001101010111 10110010110101 101011101010101 101011101011111 101010100010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
, that, there, it, and, of
Anaphora
there, and