Analysis of The Irish Question
What an absurdity!
Attempting
Moral justification
For the existence of
Two Irish State- lets?
An affront to the Irish
For the majority desires unity.
True democracy denied by others
Supporting a status quo.
The latter arising from
Invading foreigners
Giving rise to sectarianism
Culminating in a so-called
'Covenant’ supported by
Anti-democratic forces.
Based upon imperial blue- printing
To use religious differences for the sole
Purpose of opposing the right of a nation
To its own self-determination.
Scheme | ABCXX XADX EDEXXX BXCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100 010 100010 100101 11011 1011010 100100010100 1010001110 0100101 0100101 010100 101101000 1000011 1000101 1001010 1010100110 110101000101 101010011010 11110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 493 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on February 19, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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