This is an analysis of the poem The Heir Of Linne that begins with:
Part the First
Lithe and listen, gentlemen,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bXcb cdXX XaXX XeXe baca Xdbd bXcX adfX Xgcd XbBX cXhX adcd ccdX cdiX cXdb jdcg bdbd deXX kdXd bdcX ekXk hcdX c bXhX bbfb iXbl Xcjc fdmX XcjX ibXX bdcX XgXd bcmc bemX cgfd XanX bclX XbXb fdld XdfX XdXX bdXX XdXX XXbc bdjd fXcX fXXX bdXX cgbX cXfc cXBX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 101 1110100 01011010 000010110 110100101 01010101 0100100101 11010111 1111010 01010101 011011001 01110101 01110110 01010101 01011101 111000110 01111101 110100101 11010111 11110111 01111101 01010110 11101111 110010101 11111111 101010101 11011101 11111111 010111110 110111001 11110101 110101101 11111111 111010011 111110110 1110011101 01111111 111010101 11110101 11010101 111001010 11110111 11111111 11011101 111100101 11100101 111111011 11111111 11111111 11110101 11011101 111011111 11110101 01010101 11011111 11111101 11111111 11011101 1101011 110101101 110100101 11100101001 10010111 111101011 101001110 111010101 11011101 11110101 11010111 11001111 11111111 111001110 111101010 11111111 010110101 01011101 111100101 111010101 11011101 11111111 1111110 11110101 11000101 01110001 01111101 11010101 11110111 11011111 11110101 1010 01110101 11111111 10110101 111100101 111111 01110101 11110001 10101010101 01010111 11010111 110011101 110011101 111110111 110111101 11010101 1100111001 11000110 110101101 110011111 1110010 10110110 11110101 10111101 11111101 1011001 10110101 01111101 01110111 100110101 10011111 10010101 10110101 11010111 11010010 11010101 100111001 10010101 111010111 11111101 100010111 11011101 1010111 111001001 01111101 10100101 01110110 11000110 110101101 11111111 01111101 111011011 11101111 110110101 110110101 11101101 01111001 011100101 01110101 111101111 111011101 111101101 1101111 11110101 01000111 110111010 01110111 1111111101 11011011 10011101 01010111 11111111 110111110 1100101 011011111 101101110 11111100 10011101 1111011001 1011110101 01110101 1100010 111110101 11101101 11110101 110010110 11011111 11111101 11010011 1101111101 01110110 11111101 100100101 11111101 11110110 11111111 11011110 111101101 01111111 1110101101 101010111001 111001111 011110110 111110101 11010110 111111001 11010101 111011101 111111001 11110011 11010101 11010101 1111001010 101111010 1011111 111100101 11011011 111100110 10011101 111011101 1101010010 111011101 110111011 101111001 1111101010 111110101 10011101011 1111101001 11110100
- Amount of stanzas: 56
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 220
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to, and, his, john, left, i, in, thy, away, ', thou are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, to, he, and, 'nowe, another, 'now, no, sorely, never, 'and, away are repeated.
The author used the same words to, and, 'now 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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