This is an analysis of Tir Nan Og by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.

THE breeze blows out from the land and it seeks the sea,
O and O! that my sail were set and away--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede cXcX fgfg X
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Metre: 011100110101 11111101101 11110111100 001001111011 0101010001001 11110101111 01111100101 101010100101 1100101101001 11110100101 100111111001 100101001001001 11111000100101 11110101101 11101111111011 10100101110101 011100110101 111001001001 111101011001 110101100101 0100010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

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