This is an analysis of the poem The Battle Of Otterburn that begins with:
It feel about the Lammas tide,
When the muir-men win their hay,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab Xbab cdef ghgX cXgb gbeX abdX hXdX cbgX cbXb gbgb Xbab aXiX XcXc bibe jcaX abXb kXhX acac hchc aala jXcm ackX Xbnb nfcX abnb dlcl aXhc hchc aXmX XbnX nfiX mXhX Xbnb
- 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,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 1011111 010101101 00100101 110101010 000100111 1010011011 1110001 11110101 110101 110101101 1101110 11110110 110101 11010010 110101 11111101 111111 11010010 110101 11010010 110101 11110101 010111 11011001 100101 11010101 11110 11110101 110101 11010101 111101 11100101 1101101 11111111 1111111 110000101 110100 11011100 011111 11111111 01111101 11010111 011111 11011100 111100 1011111101 011111 1001101101 1010110 101111010 111101 11011100 010111 11011100 111101 11110101 110101 111110101 011011 11110101 010101 1101101101 110111 11111101 111111 11011110 011111 11110101 010101 11011101 1111111 11010111 100111 11010100 111101 11000101 111111 110111111 1011111 11000011 111101 11010101 111001 111101011 11110 11111101 11010 11010101 110101 11110101 1110111 11011111 11011001 11110101 1111011 110110101 0101010 110010101 110101110 11011101 1011001 11100101 10101111 01110111 010101 110010100 110101 01000101 111111 010111001 110111 01010101 11001001 1111111 11011101 111111011 11111111 111111110 11110101 11110111 111101 1100101 1101111 101100101 110110010 11110110 11101001010 1111101010 11011001 0010101001 11011101 011110100 01010001 11011010101 101011001
- Amount of stanzas: 34
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 136
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and, i, he, ye, lie, ', thee, yield, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
The author used the same words and, 'the, 'my, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words me, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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