This is an analysis of Acushla by Roderic Quinn.

I NAMED her twice, I named her thrice,
I named her ten times over;…

Browse poems by Roderic Quinn

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXCXcbcXcXCXXXXXXXCbc
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 11011101 1101110 01110101 101001010 100100 0101010 01010111 1101010 11010101 0111010 11110101 1101110 100100 0101010 11010101 110101 01010101 0101110 11111111 1101110 100100 0101010 01001101 1100010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

i, her, named, and

Anaphora

i, and