This is an analysis of the poem The Pastoral, Or Lyric Muse Of Scotland. Canto Third. Dornock Ha' that begins with:

The night blew cauld thro' snaw and sleet,
Loud rair'd the blast wi' deaf'ning din;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bbbX bcbc XXXc dXdb ebeb afaf eXeX gege eXeX XhXh eceX eXeX iXiX aeae ahah eaea ejeX ebeb eeee Xeke XcXc lflf dhdh gXgX efef egeg aXae hchX emem eheh ebeb kXkX Xlal nfnf aXaX XkaX gagX eXXX acac eXeX Xmkm hbhb aXaX eebaabkkfccf aaceeXoodogd hjgiige
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01111111 110011101 01111101 10011110 11011111 01111111 11011101 10011111 01011101 111110011 10111101 01110111 10111111 11011111 11011111 11011111 1110111 01110111 1111101 11011101 11011101 010101101 11110101 110011101 11110101 01010101 11110101 110100101 11111011 11011111 11010101 11011101 10011111 11010101 100111001 11110101 11011101 01010111 11010101 11011111 01011101 11010111 1010111001 11011101 01010111 01011101 111101001 110010101 11011101 11010111 11010101 11110101 11110101 011110011 11011101 11101111 11011101 11011101 01011001 100010101 01110101 1111001011 101101001 110110011 111111001 11111001 01110101 11111111 11010101 111101010 11011101 111101010 10111101 01110101 100110111 11010101 11011101 10011101 11111111 01011101 10111111 11010101 110111101 110011101 11110011 01111101 01010110 01011101 01011101 11110111 01110101 11011111 111011001 11111111 10110101 11111111 11010101 11110110 11010111 1100111001 11011101 01110111 11110111 01010111 11111101 011101010 11111101 110101010 11011111 10010111 11010111 111100111 11010111 11110111 10110111 01011101 11111101 01011011 11110101 01101111 010100111 11011111 101101111 01011101 01011111 11011111 11111101 11010111 11010111 01011111 10110011 010111011 11011110 1111001001 11110001 0111011001 11010101 10110101 01011111 11011111 11110111 110011101 11010101 11010101 11011110 11110101 010100101 1111010010 0101111 11110101 11110101 11010111 110101011 11110111 11111101 110110010 11111111 01110111 11111101 11011101 11010101 11011111 11011111 11011101 111101111 111101111 111100101 11010111 11111101 11110101 11011101 11011101 11011101 111100101 01010111 01011101 11110101 01010101 010101 01010101 01001101 100111 11110101 11011101 010101 01010111 11111101 111101 11111101 10110101 011101 11010101 110010101 011100 110010101 11000101 0101001 11000101 11011101 011101 10011101 110101010 010101 11111001 0100101011 110001 11111101 10111101 110101 11110001 110011001 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 48
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 213
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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, his, my, o' are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, what, his, the, my, and, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words snaw, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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