This is an analysis of the poem The Funeral Day Of Sir Walter Scott that begins with:
A GLORIOUS voice hath ceased!-
Mournfully, reverently-the funeral chant ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcbdebfagbhdijkchaikhalXcibmcakbababnjXlXnjhicjbbanmjebamikobbadbjbdemmDggd mmadda XXbccb bbadda jjabba aameem oopddp ffbmmbXiiDggd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 77,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100111 100100001001 11000100101 0101000101 0011100111 011010101 11011011100 1101000101 1011001111 11010101001 11000110101 0101000101 1111011101 11001110001 0011010111 1101010101 1111011101 11001011101 110101001001 1011110001 1011010111 1101011101 0101110101 010010011111 0101101011 1011011101 1101010101 1011011111 0111100001 1001011101 10010011101 0011100101 0101111100 11011011101 1111100101 1111011101 1011110101 0111010101 11010111000 01001010011 1110010111 1111010111 11110000101 1011000100 11010010101 01001010101 1101010111 10110010101 10101010101 1011000101 1101010101 0101000101 0101011100 01001010001 0101110111 0011010101 0101110001 01011100001 10010010111 1001110101 0111010101 00110111110 1111100101 10110111001 110100001001 0101011111 10010010001 1011010101 1111010101 0101 010101 101100 110101 1001 010101 101111 0111 010101 100101 0111 111111 1011001 0111 100101 011111 0111 111111 1100101 1011 111101 011101 0111 100101 111101 1100 100101 1010101 1011 101111 010101 0111 01010001 111001 0101 111101 1101001 1111 1100110 11110010 1101 111111 010111 0111 111101 011111 0101 010101 110101 1111 100101 111101 1001 111101 110111 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 501
- Average number of words per stanza: 88
- Amount of lines: 125
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and, lowly, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, shall, what, the are repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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