This is an analysis of the poem The Bonnie Earl Moray that begins with:

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Ye Highlands, and ye Lawlands... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xbcb cXdX EfCf EXCX EgCg cbcba X hbcX XbcX biXi XXcX hfcb bXcX cdcX XdXd XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,5,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0 1101110 11110 11101010 1111101 1100110 1100011 1111111 1011101 110110 111101 10101010 1111001 110110 111101 10101010 10101001 110110 111101 10101010 111011 110010 110101 11101010 110101 111100 1 1001 11110 1011010 11111 011010 11110 111010 10111 1111 11001 1001100 1111 0101101 1001 11101110 010110 1101101 1001 110110 11110 1110 11111 1101110 1001 11110 11011 111101110 11011 11001 01001 110010 11111 1111 01111 1010100 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; you, he are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words he, 'her 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 been 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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