This is an analysis of the poem When Flora Had O'Erfret The Firth that begins with:

QUHEN Flora had o'erfret the firth
   In May of every moneth queen; ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXXX XXXbbXbX cXcXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110001 110100101 1011101001 11000101 10110010010 11010011 11010101 11111110 11011101 11010110 111100001 1001101 101010101 10110010 11101101 101111110 10110111 11100111 01011101 11001110 11011011 111100110 110010101 101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, that are repeated.

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