Analysis of The irish question
Gerry and Martin-
What an absurdity!
Moral justification for the existence of two Irish States?
An affront to the Irish for the majority desire unity.
True democracy denied by others supporting a status quo.
The latter arising from invading foreigners
Giving rise to sectarian action
Culminating in a so-called ‘Covenant’
Supported by anti-democratic and sectarian force.
Based upon imperial blue-printing to use religious differences
For the sole purpose of opposing the right of a nation
To its own national self-determination.
Come,on,now- is it the money,or power,or what? Oh! it is very
Sad that you have hoodwinked so many genuine people!!!
Scheme | ABX BXXAXX XAA BX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010 110100 1000101001011101 1011010100100010100 10100011100100101 0100101010100 1011010010 1000011100 010110010001001 1010100110110101000 101101010011010 11110010010 111011111110 1111111010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 645 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 6, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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