This is an analysis of the poem The Lament For Shuil Donald’s Daughter that begins with:

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IN old Shuil Donald's cottage there are many voices weeping, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdXdAX dedecacAX bfbfbabA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 011101011101010 11011100010111 1011101010101110 01011101110101 111111011101110 11010101011101 111101010101010 010001001001 1 0011101010101010 11010111011101 101101011101010 11110111001101 011011010101010 01011011110101 111111000101010 010001001001 1 111111011111110 11111101010101 100100111101010 11100101110101 110101010101010 1101011110101 101101111111010 010001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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