This is an analysis of the poem Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland 1814 I. Suggested By A Beautiful Ruin Upon One Of The Islands Of Loch Lomond, that begins with:

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To barren heath, bleak moor, and quaking fen,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccddeeee X aaccffgghh X eeffeeeeii X jjhhhheecc a ffeeggeehh a cchhccccbb X cckkffllaa X eeeebbbbcc X ccmmkknnbb j cXXXaaeeoo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0101111101 11010111 10010101 01110101 11010101 10111111 10010001 01010111 10010101 11110001 1 1101010101 11110111 10110011 00010101 01010101 11010101 11011111 10110101 01010101 11110111 1 0111000101 110100111 11010101 11011101 10110101 110100101 110000101 01010101 1100001001 01011101 1 1101100101 11110101 010100111 100010101 110101001 11011100 11001001 11001101 11010101 010010101 1 1101011111 11010101 11111111 00110101 10110111 01110101 01011111 01011101 01011101 11110101 1 0101010101 11010101 11110101 111110001 11010101 11010101 01100001 00110101 01011101 01010001 1 1111110101 11101101 101101001 11010101 11111001 01101100 110100001 01010101 11110101 01010101 1 1101110111 10000001 01010101 00111011 11010101 01110101 11010101 01010001 100101001 11010001 1 01111010101 110101001 01110101 10110101 11010111 01000101 11010001 010101001 11010101 010010101 1 1101010101 010100101 101101001 11000101 11010101 1001111 11111101 11010101 110101101 01000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 110
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; its, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, and are repeated.

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