This is an analysis of the poem Hind Horn that begins with:
In Scotland there was a babie born,
Lill lal, etc....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab ca da ca aX aa da aa Xe eX fg ca XX hh dd fg ac dX dX aa dX aa dXXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011011 111100 101011111 00111100 11010011 1110100101 11000101 01010101001 11010101 010110101 10011111 11110110100 111110101 11010111 11011101 101111111101 1011101111 101110101101 1010101010111 11001000111 101001000111 11101101110 101111101 11111101 101111101 1111110101 101111111 0101010010 0110111101 11111011 0110111101 111111101 1110011 11011111 011100101 11110111001 101101111 1110101110 101101111011 111010101110 101111101 11111101 101111101 1111101110 110111101 11111011001 110111101 010010101110 011111001 111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, news, no, said, you, for, bound, got, it, by, i, i'll, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, no, but are repeated.
The author used the same words will, the, o, ye 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 ha is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words man, hand at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Hind Horn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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