This is an analysis of the poem The Lay Of The Last Minstrel: Canto Iv. that begins with:

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Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcddebbe Xfgfghhaaaabbbff Xdbdbiiccaaee XbbbbjjXiggkkbX aeXllleebbbdXgXmmncnc aggcceXkkcciiiffXliiX XXdebebbbiaoX Xpipihhppheeheebb XXebbXkXbbggbbiihhiiggbbbb obdbddXccbbbbffiXbbgXkcXeXcii aaajjbbeeeXbbXXddeebbffggbX XeeiiiXoXcceeejjbbggddeeoo XffXXcXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,16,13,15,21,21,13,17,26,29,27,26,22,17,22,15,15,17,15,17,15,14,18,23,13,22,14,25,11,17,9,19,21,23,33,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011101 010110111 110111001 011111001 100111111 11010101 10111111 11110101 11010101 11010101 1 01010101 11010101 01110111 010011101 11010101 01011011 111111001 010101001 010111101 11010101 110100101 01010101 11110111 01110101 011101001 1 11010111 11111101 11011101 01010101 01011101 01011100 11110101 110100101 0100100101 11010111 11000101 11010110 1 11010111 10111111 11000101 110101 110100101 10111101 01111100 110101101 11110111 011101001 111001010 111001010 11110111 11110101 1 11110110 100100100 11011101 11010101 11110101 01011101 01111111 01110111 01011101 10010101 11010101 110011110 01010101 01011110 10110101 01010111 01110101 110101 01110101 010101 1 10010101 01000101 100100101 111101001 11010101 11111100 1101011010 111101010 01011111 011010111 11110101 1011111 111101001 1101001101 1011101 01111101 11110001 11001111 11111101 11111101 1 11010100 110000101 11111111 110110101 1101110 111100111 01011101 10110101 1110011001 111010111 111110101 111010011 1 01110101 010100101 010101001 01010101 01010111 01011101 01110101 01010101 111101 11110001 01010101 110101 11010101 11010111 10110101 110110101 1 11101010 01011011 11000101 01110101 01010100 110111110 111101010 11010101 011000101 00111101 01010101 01100101 11010111 01010101 01110101 1100100101 01110111 11011111 11010101 010010101 01110101 110100101 011101 01011101 110101 1 10100101 11010101 1011111 11011101 101001 1111110 1101101101 010000101 011101101 0101111111 10111001 1011000111 01001101 10110001 01001001011 10111110101 101011011 1111111101 11111011 111101011 111110010 1110101001 110101110 01011111 1111111 111011101 10110101 110110101 1 011010101 1101110 010100111 101110011 1010110101 1101110111 1011001001 0110110101 11100101 11110100110 01111101 11110101 01011110 10111010110 110100001001 11010111 101110001 0100101101 010010111 111111111 110110101 111110101 11011101 110111111 0111111 101110101 1 100100101 11111101 11000101 010100101 11010111 01011101 110101111 1011101110 11011111 101101101001 101110101 1010100101 110101100 11110101 1100101101 1110101011 010010111 01010101 111010111 1010011001 01011101 0111001001 0101111101 01001001001 1111111011 1 10011101 110011111 01010101 01000100 11111111 110011100 110110101 01110101 0110110 11010101 11010101 11110101 110101 11010111 11110111 10110101 010110101 01110101 010101011 11011101001 110110101 1 11110101 1101011 11010101 11111101 111100101 00100011 11011101 11001111 11010101 11111101 11010101 10010010 11011001 01001101 11111111 11011001010 1 01011101 01010101 11010101 011100101 11011110 11011111 01110101 01110101 11010111 01010101 01011101 11110111 11010111 11010111 10010101 11010111 11011101 11011101 11111111 11010101 110101001 1 11011111 11101001011 11010001 010010101 10110101 01011101 01010111 01010101 11110101 01010101 11010101 010101 110010111 111111 1 110010101 11110101 01010111 01010101 010000101 01000101 01110101 11011011 01011101 01011101 01010101 111010101 110111010 1111111010 1 01010111 01010111 11010101 11010100 11010101 11111101 01111101 11110111 10111101 11001101 11110110010 11011111 11011101 010000100 11110101 10010111 1 11010101 11010101 11010111 11110100 01110111 11010101 110010111 01010111 01000111 01000011 11110101 11110101 11011101 111111010 1 110010101 110011011 11101111 01010111 11001100 11111100 101101110 111101010 11010101 01010101 101101101 01011101 101010101 11110101 010101001 11010100 1 1111101 011100111 10110101 11010101 110101001 11100101 01010101 0101111 01010001 11010101 11101101 1101111 10010101 01101111 1 11010101 0101010 11010101 00111101 01011101 11110101 01010110 11101101 10111111 111101101 11110001 11011101 11110100 1 01011101 11010101 111111100 01010101 11001111 11111111 01010101 00110101 11011101 01010001 101101001 010101101 11010101 11010101 01010110 10010101 11010011 1 11111101 1110111 111111001 11010100 11100101 11110101 11101111 011100101 1101100100 111101101 011111010 1100100110 100101010 110101101 11011101 11010111 100101110 110011010 11111100 11111100 10110101 10110101 1 11110101 11010111 01111111 11010101 01011101 100101001 11010101 111111001 11010101 110100101 01010101 11010101 1 10110110 11110111 110100100 0111101101 11100101 11010101 11010010 1101101111 11110101 11011101 11110111 11110001 01111101 101101001 10011101 11111101 11111111 10111101 11010111 11001111 11011111 1 11110101 1101000101 01010101 10110101 010010101 11010110 01011101 11011101 11010101 11010001 11011111 11011111 01010001 1 11011101 11011101 11110111 01110111 11010001 10010101 01011100 01010101 01010001 10111101 11010101 01010100 111101010 01010101 11011100 101101 11011101 1100101 11101000 01001101 1111101010 11011101 11111101 010000101 1 11010111 11111101 11010101 11010101 0100101001 110101001 10110011 11010101 11100111 1110111 1 11110101 11110101 11011101 101101011 110111010 010101010 11011101 100100100 1101011 110000101 11011100 01011011 11111011 110101001 01010111 010111110 1 1101011 01010101 11010111 11110001 11010101 01110101 10100111 11010101 1 01001101 01010101 010101001 01000101 11010101 11000101 01011111 11010111 10010101 10010100 110101001 11010101 01001010 01010011 100010101 10011101 01011101 11010100 1 11000101 01011101 11011100 11110111 01010111 11010101 11110101 110101001 10011111 11010111 11010101 11100101 01010101 11010101 11010111 101100101 11000101 110100001 11011101 01110101 1 11111011 11010111 11010111 11010101 01011101 110001 110100101 11011011 011111 11110011 0111011101 001101 110111101 11010001 110101 10110101 11111101 010111 11010111 11010101 11011101 0100100101 1 11110101 11110001 110010111 11110111 11111101 111101 11010111 00110111 11010101 011010001 11111111 01010101 10110101 11000101 110100101 01010101 010010101 01011101 100010111 01010111 01011101 01110011 01011111 010110101 01011111 01110111 11111101 11000111 11111101 01011111 01010111 11001101 01011111 110011101 01011111 10110001 1010111010 010111010 11010111 11010111 1111011 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 37
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 638
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 662
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, and, his, of, he, with, to, nor, their, our, each, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words enough, the, a, his, and, three, there, from, to, they, our, of are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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