This is an analysis of the poem The Prophecy Of Famine that begins with:
A SCOTS PASTORAL INSCRIBED TO JOHN WILKES, ESQ.
Nos patriam fugimus.--VIRGIL.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,122,220,1,8,1,8,1,6,1,6,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,160,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
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- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1205
- Average number of words per stanza: 209
- Amount of lines: 572
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, to, with, in, of, no, simple, all, her, by, instinct, one, sooner, dead, us, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, what, where, to, with, no, sooner, ah, for, shall are repeated.
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