This is an analysis of the poem To The Mac Cailen More, Duke Of Argyll that begins with:

I send to you, - whose sires have held
Their firm unwavering stand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaXXbX XcXcbdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 1101001 11111101 010101 10010101 110100 11011101 110101 10111111 010111 01010101 011101 11110101 110101 01011001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less 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; of is repeated.

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