This is an analysis of the poem A Lancashire Hare that begins with:
O brown are the moors in the grey morning lying
Where the west wind comes singing o'er wide sea and plain;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababCCDC XcXcefef agagCCDC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010011010 1011110101111 111011010010 01101101001 1001111 001111001 1001001011 101001011 111110010011 01101001101 111110011110 111101011011 1011010110110 11011011011 011011010010 11001111001 111110010110 111010101101 110011011010 01101101001 1001111 001111001 1001001011 101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, o, hark, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 0 is repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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