This is an analysis of the poem The Scottish Muse that begins with:

O Welcome simply soothing treasure!
In midst o' pain my lanely pleasure!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXab cccdcd eeefef eeeded ffXgfg hhhiji dddfdf XXXcec bXbXXd iiifif eeeaei iiikik eXeXXe gXgigi fffgfg eeegeg cccccc kkklkl iiifif fffjfj dddXdk lllclc dddada llldld eeekek gggcgc fffXfi cccgcg eeekek iiXbib XggcXc Xeeded eeeeee iiijij eeelel jjjbjX Xcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 0111110010 1011110010 1101 1101010010 1101 11010011 11001110 11111101 1101 101100111 1111 11010111 110100111 10111101 11011 11011101 1001 111100101 11110101 11010101 11001 11110101 1101 11011101 110010101 10110110 1111 110011101 1101 10111101 11110011 11011101 1101 10011101 1011 11010101 1100101111 1101111 1101 11110101 1101 11111111 11011111 10111111 1111 11011101 1101 11010101 11110101 10110111 1101 11011110 0101 11110111 11010101 11111101 01001 11011101 1111 11111101 11010101 11011101 01110 11011101 1101 11010101 11010101 11110111 0101 110110011 1101 11011101 10110101 11011101 1101 10011101 1111 11010101 10101101 10111101 1101 11111101 1111 11011111 110011101 11011011 10011 11010101 0101 111111101 110010101 11011101 111001 111110001 11011 10111101 11110101 110110101 11011 111101011 11111 11011101 010011101 11010111 11001 110111001 0101 11110111 01000111 11110001 1101 01010011 1101 110100111 11010111 11111111 1101 11110101 1101 11011101 01010101 01010101 1110 11010101 1101 111111001 11010101 11011101 0101 11011101 1101 10011101 11111101 11010111 11010 110011111 11010 11011101 01010111 11100111 0101 111101111 01001 10110101 11110101 10010101 1111 11011101 0101 11010101 11010001 11010101 1101 101011101 1101 1101111001 01011111 110010101 100010 11010101 01001 10110101 11110101 110101001 01011 11010101 0101 110111001 110101001 110010101 11001 01010101 1111 110011101 01111101 11011101 1101 110110011 0111 100111101 11111111 11010101 1111 11010101 1101 111101110 11011101 11110111 1101 11010101 1101 11011101 10111111 100111101 1101 11110101 1111 11011101 110010111 110011111 1111 11110101 1101 10111101 10111111 10111101 0111 11111101 1111 111101110 1101111010 101101010 0101 110111010 0110 111111100 11111101 11111101 1101 01011111 1101 11011101 11111111 10111101 11100 11111101 11110 11111001 11011111 100111101 1101 110010101 1101 11110111 110100111 10110101 1101 11110101 0111 11111101 110010111 11110101 0101 10111101 1101 111111001 01011101 1001110011 1101 10111001 1101 11011101 11010111 10111101 11111 11111111 11011 11110111 110111001 1111001001 0101 11010101 1101 111111001 11111101 01111101 1011 10111101 1110 010011101 11011101 11010111 1101 11110101 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 46
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 276
  • 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; how, by, to, and, or, ye are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Scottish Muse;
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