This is an analysis of the poem Edward, Edward. A Scottish Ballad that begins with:
MODERN TRANSLATION (original below)
'Why does your sword so drip with blood, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bBbabCba bBbabCba dBdadCda eBeAeCea fBfAgCga hBhahCha dBdAdCda X XBXaXXXa bBbaXXXa dBdaXXXa eBeAeXea XBXAXXXa hBhahXha XBXAXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010010001 11111101 1010 11111101 1111111 11111110 1010 11111110 11111111 11111011 1010 11111011 1111111 11111111 1010 11111111 11111111 111111111 1010 111111111 11010111 11111101 1010 11111101 0111011 1110011011 1010 1110011011 1111111 11110101 1010 11110101 11110011 110110110111 1010 110110110111 1011011 11011111 1010 11011111 111011101 110110110111 1010 110110110111 11110011 110110111 1010 010110111 101010111 11011011101 1010 11011011101 1111111 110101111 1010 010101111 11011011 1110 101111111 1010 101111111 11011111 11111111 1010 11111111 11111111 110111011 1010 110111011 1111111 11111111 1010 11111111 11111111 111111111 1010 111111111 1101111 11111101 1010 11111101 0111011 11001011111 1010 11001001111 1111111 11110101 1010 11110101 11110011 1101111110111 1010 1101111110111 1011011 11111111 1010 11111111 111011111 110111011111 1010 110111011111 101110011 110110111 1010 010110111 111011111 110111011101 1010 110111011101 1111111 110111111 1010 010111111 11011011
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 114
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, my, i, and, your, me, sae, mither are repeated.
The author used the same words 'your, 'and, 'zour 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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