This is an analysis of A Song Of Another. For Eoghan by Thomas MacDonagh.

Often enough the leaves have fallen there
Since life for her was changed to other care;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ddeeff gghh ggeeXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,4,6,
  • Metre: 1001011101 1110110101 1001011101 1111111001 1001111111 1011111101 1111011101 1011111001 1111111111 11010101101 10011101001 1011110011 11110101101 1011110011 1001010111 0001011001 01011101001 1110101111 1001001101 0011010101 1111001101 1101110011 1111011111 1101011100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

on, i, death, her, there

Anaphora

there