This is an analysis of the poem There's Nought I See, To Fear No that begins with:

Our good king sits in Windsor tower,
The sun-beams glint sae cheerfu'!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbXbc dXdXeXef XgcXeXef hghXcXXX dgdgiXia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101010 0111110 010101010 1110110 11111101 111111 111101011 1111011 01110101 011111 11111111 1101111 01110101 1101110 01111101 1101111 01110101 0111110 101011101 1101111 01011101 1101110 01111101 1111011 010111001 1110110 11011111 1101110 0110101101 01101110 1010011 1111100 11111101 0111010 11110111 11010010 11110101 11110010 111101101 11001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; it, o'er, o', and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of There's Nought I See, To Fear No;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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