This is an analysis of the poem Lord Thomas And Fair Annet that begins with:

Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
Sate a' day on a hill;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bacX cXXd edfX gXXX XdfX hXfX XXXX XdfX XiXX affX hdhd eXXX jggg jkiX ifgf eifi Xfef kXiX kibX fgfg fdfd fbhX hXhX igbg adXd Xbfb XXbf XXkg XXaX
  • 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,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 111101 11111111 111111 11010101 110101 11010101 011111 11110101 011111 110101010 110101 11111011 111101 11110111 111101 11111111 1101111 1010101101 1011010 11110101 110111 01110111 111101 111111010 011111 111110111 111101 1101110110 1010001 111110010 10111010 11110101 110111 11110111 111101 111111010 1101101 11111110 1001110 110111010 111111 11010111 1101101 11111010 1101011 110110010 011101 111111011 111101 11101011 111110 110101101 110111 10110101 111111 11101101 110111 011010101 0101101 01110101 110101 11011101 110101 1110101 111101 11110101 110111 1110111 111101 11110110 1111101 11110011 111011 010111011 010011 11110001 110101 01110101 1111010 11010111 1011111 110111001 111011 11010001 110101 11010111 1011101 1110111 111101 11111110 1111110 11010110 111111 1101110110 0011010 01110110 110111 111101001 111101 1101111011 1100111 11110111 111101 110101111 111111 110000111 111101 111111011 111111 110101001 111101 1101100111 1100101 11011101 0100101 11111111 111101 11011111 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; rede, browne, bride, nut, and, get, that, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, wi, he, 'now are repeated.

    The author used the same words lord, 'my, four, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    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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