This is an analysis of the poem Loch-Duich that begins with:

LooH-DuicH, hail ! Scene so all-resplendent!
Were power befitting my wish now mine,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdcecefaga cecef hfh fgggX iXicececbcbjgjg jhXhXXXccc jijicjXjeieiccccXiXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,5,3,5,15,10,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111111010 0100101111 1001111010 110110101 11110101010 010101101 1111011010 111101101 1101001010 110110111 0101011110 010101111 1111011010 11010111 1111001101 11010011 1101101010 011101101 1101111010 010110101 1111001110 111100101 1101011010 111101101 0111001110 110101101 1101111011 0111100111 1001011110 110101101 1101111110 011101111 1111001010 010100101 1111011010 111111101 1111111110 111110101 01010010010 110110111 0101011010 110100101 0101001010 011101001 1111001010 10111101 1101011010 110101111 110010101010000110 1101101010101 11110101110 1100101101 1101111010 110111101 1101001010 111111100 0101011110 110100101 1101001010 010100101 1111101110 010100101 1111011110 111000111 10101011110 111110101 1110011110 010100101 1101001010 110100111 110111111 111111111 1111011010 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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