This is an analysis of The Three Roads by Victor James Daley.

There is a town in Ireland,
A little town I know;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdb EFEf XeXeXe EFEf dgegXg EFEf acfcdc EFef abXbXbXEaea
  • Stanza lengths: 6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,11,
  • Metre: 10010100 010111 01110101 011101 1001010 010111 1011001 1010001 1010101 011101 1011010 110101 1111010 010101 0101010 110101 1011001 1010001 1010101 010101 1110011 110101 0100010 010111 1101110 110001 1011001 1010001 1010101 1000101 11000111 110101 0101110 010101 11011101 011101 1011001 1010001 1010101 010101 11000101 110011 1111010 010111 0101010 110111 1011001 1010111 1010101 0010100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 50

Repeated words/phrases

and, road

Anaphora

and, the