This is an analysis of the poem Verses Occasioned By The Death Of John Armstrong, A.M. that begins with:

From Lomond's light-blue lake, and verdant isles,
Long-winding glens, and rude romantic woods,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcdXeacfX eagfXbghicaagfjkahX lahacgbmichXdhafhX XldnjmhhXookhidebabd fdgenjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,19,18,20,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101111101 1101110101 1111110001 1101011101 11010100101 01011011101 11001110111 1101010101 010101011 1101010101 0101011101 1101110101 1111110101 11001010111 1101010111 1011010101 1101010101 0101110101 11001110101 11110100101 1110101001 0111110101 1101000101 11010101010 11010111001 01011111101 0001010111 0111010101 010011111010 11010100101 1101100101 1101011000 1101010111 0101011101 1111111101 010011101110 0101110101 0110011011 01011000101 11001010101 10110011101 1111010101 10011010001 11010111100 0101110101 0100110101 01011010101 11011111010 1101010101 11010 11111 0101110101 1011110111 1111110100 1110110001 01010110001 110110001001 1011010111 0111010101 1111110101 1111110101 01010101010 1111110101 1001010101 10010101011 1001010101 0101010101 100111101010 1111111101 1111010101 1101110101 11101111101 0101111111 1101011001 11011011100 1001110101 01010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 673
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • 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, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', tear are repeated).

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