This is an analysis of Having To Live In The Country by Patrick Kavanagh.

Back once again in wild, wet Monaghan
Exiled from thought and feeling,…

Browse poems by Patrick Kavanagh

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcadaXaddeaXcd XccebaXXcecX
  • Stanza lengths: 15,12,
  • Metre: 1101011100 1101110 0101001 00100100010000 110111010 111111110010 000010011010 1011010100101 111101000 1000111001010 1101001110101 111010 110111010100100 1011010001 101001100 10111001 011110 11111101 1111011101110 101010010 101110101001010 10001000001100100 011111011010 10010100100 1110011 11101011001111011 11101011111111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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