This is an analysis of the poem Beautiful Newport On The Braes O' The Silvery Tay that begins with:

Bonnie Mary, the Maid o' the Tay,
Come! Let's go, and have a holiday... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaa bbXX ccdd aaaa eebb ffggXffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101001101 111110101 010101101001 11011101 0100101010001 01000110011001 101110110001 10010110100101 101011100101 11010011001 101011001101 101001011001 111010101 010010010101101 111101011011 1010110011101 11010011111 100111001011 1011110010001 11100111001 111011011101 01010110111 10101100101 1010001001001010101 11111001 101111101 1101101101001 010101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.

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