This is an analysis of the poem Kinmont Willie that begins with:

O have ye na heard o the fause Sakelde?
O have ye na heard o the keen Lord Scroop?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab cdXX efef fghg diXX XdXX aeXX jdad eXed Xded aeXe akXk gcdc ieee gdXX XlXl XXXi XmXm nXcX eeXX XXXX XXXX gXmX XXed edda XXXm fXgd fXmo XoXX megX XXiX XXeo ckck gXcD cDaX mdXX bXch XeXX dnen aece ageX fnmn jlel edeX XXgX hdjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110110 1111110111 111111010 1100111 11011101 11011110 1101100101 1110010 11010101 11010101 1101100111 1111100101 11110101 11010111 11101110 001111001 111111101 11010101 11010101 11000110 11111110 110011111 01111101 111111111 111111110 101111011011 110110010 1111100111 110100110 010111111 1111101010 010100111 111010101 110110111 11111111 10101110 101100101 1110100111 11101011 111011101 111111010 01010101 101010110 010110101 1111111010 10010111 101010110 11011101 10110101 11111101 11111101 100100101 111110001 11000101 110010100 11111101 11110101 11011110 110110111 11010111 111110101 11100011 011101001 01011101 111110101 01000110 01111111 110011101 101110101 11011101 11111110 11010111 111110101 110010111 11111101 11110100 11110101 10010111 01111111 11001110 10111101 11101101 11011101 110010110 10111101 11101111 11010110 110110110 11111101 11110111 110100101 111111000 10111101 11101101 110010111 1010011111 111110101 11011111 010111001 1110110110 11111111 11100101011 0101111001 1010011111 111101001 01110111 11011111 11111111 111101001 01011101 1111111011 111010101 11111111 1110100101 111011010 01110111 111010101 11110101 111010111 010101111 11110110 110111100 11010101 1111011 1100111 11010111 110110101 1111001011 11111101 11011111 01110111 110100101 11011110 1101110 0111001010 110110101 1111001010 110110101 111111010 01011101 11111111 0111011011 1110101111 111101111 11101111 01010100 10011110 101111111 100111111 111110011 11111101 1111101010 11010111 11110101 110011101 11010111 11001011010 111011111 101011110 11111101 11001011010 11011101 11011101 11011101 111101001 11011101 101010111 11011101 101101010 101011101 111101101 11010101 11110101 11110111 111111001010 01101101 11010111 11111101 11010101 11010111 10101001011 110100110 1111101110 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 46
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 184
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, had, they, his, ye, ', my, he, and, five, we are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words they, 'and, he, and, 'where 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 rack, ' 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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