This is an analysis of the poem The Links O' Forth : Or, A Parting Peep At The Carse O' Sterlin that begins with:
Ah! winding Forth! -- smooth wandering tide!
O' Strevlin's peerless plain the pride;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabab aXacac bbbdbd eeeXef gggdgd hhhfhf iijcjc fffkfk cccccc eeelel mmmcmc Xeemem nnnXnX ccciXX iiioio eeXlel kkXeke aaaiXj bXXaXa bbbXbX iiicic aaacac eeejej aaalal jijfif fffbfb lllXlX mmmama aaajaj aaalal cccXcX iiikik bbbaba fffefe eXepep ffflfl eee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111001 11010101 11101101 110001 01010101 1101 11011101 11110101 11011101 0101 01010101 1101 01010111 010111001 10010101 1111 111100101 1101 110101101 11011101 10110111 0101 010011111 1111 11011101 01010001 01011101 1101 11011101 0101 011101001 11010111 01010111 1101 11111001 11001 111101001 11110101 111101010 1101 1111001010 1101 01011101 110101001 11111101 1101 11011001 1101 01011101 11010101 11111101 1111 110101001 11001 110111001 01111101 110101101 1101 110011101 101 10111101 11010101 111000101 1101 1001111001 1001 1100110011 01110101 11011001 01001 11110101 01001 11011101 11111101 11011101 1101 11111101 1101 11011101 01011111 01011101 0101 11010111 01010 11011111 01010101 11110111 1101 1101101 1101 11111111 11111111 1101110 1111 01111111 1111 11010101 110100111 11010110 1101 110110001 1101 11010111 11010101 1101011 1101 110101110 11010 11110101 11010101 11010110 11001 11011110 0101 110011101 11111101 11111101 1101 1100111001 0111 111101001 01011101 11101101 1101 110101001 0101 11110101 11110101 11111101 1111 011111001 1101 111111001 11010101 11011101 11110 11100101 11110 11111101 111100101 11010111 1101 01010101 1101 111101010 11110101 111001010 1111 11010111 0101 11110101 11010101 11010101 1101 11010101 1101 11011101 10010111 10111101 1011 11010111 11110 11011101 11110101 110111001 0101 10001101 1101 0101010010 110111010 010101110 11010 11110101 110010 010111001 01011101 011100101 01001 11110101 1101 11011101 11111101 11111101 1101 1101100011 0110 11011101 11110011 110010111 0111 01010101 1101 1101001001 10011101 110100101 1101 11011101 1011 11111101 11111101 01011101 10101 110111001 1101 11010101 11110111 110101101 1111 11110101 11001 01111101 11100101 11010101 1101 11010101 11001 10011101 01011101 11011101 1111 110100101 0111 11011101 11011101 111111001 10011 1110101 1101 110011111 11011101 11011111 11010 01110101 10010 11011101 011100101 11010111 01001 11111101 1011 11110111 11110111 11111101 1101 110101001 01001 01011101 11010101 11010101 1101 110010001 1101 11011101 11011110 11011101 0111 11010101 1100 1100001001 11010101 11010101 1101 10011101 0100 110100101 11110101 10011101 1101 11111111 1101 110011101 110101111 110011101 1101 11010101 0101 11010101 11010101 11110001 0101 101100101 1101 11011101 110011101 11110101 0101 010111100 0101 01011101 11111101 100101101 1111 111111011 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 49
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 294
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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', and, nor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, the, whan, and, nor, to, whar, ye, a are repeated.
The author used the same words attune, and, or, ye at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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