This is an analysis of the poem Gordon Of Brackley that begins with:
Down Deeside cam Inveraye
Whistlin' and playing,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXcdX XeXXfcdX gcccgdcX XddddhbX XeXeXXfX XdXXeehX XiaXXjaj fdXdiddd heXedcXX XXcXdcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101100 10110 1111101 10110 110010 11011 1011111 11111 101110 01011 1101100 1011 111110 11001 111111 11001 101110 11111 11110 111001 011110 11111 110110 11001 01011 101101 101101 101101 111111 111011 1001011 1010110 1101100 1011 111001 101011 110010 01011 1011110 11111 111110 11111 011010 11011 1001101 001101 010111 11100 101110 11111 1011010 11001 110110 11011 1111110 11011 1011010 11101 10111100 1101 111011 111101 1010010 11101 1010111 11011 1011010 110101 11111 101101 0010100 111100 110010 11001 1011010 11110 001101 1010001 101101 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', but, there's are repeated.
The author used the same word 'arise at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is 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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