This is an analysis of the poem Kilmeny that begins with:
Bonnie Kilmeny gaed up the glen;
But it wasna to meet Duneira's men, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabBccXbBXdeX ffccggaaaXX aabbXaaX hhXbbiijjccaakkeeee XXXaa bbllXX eemmiX XfiibXaXeedXbXaX iiXiaaBBaXXfaaffllee ffbXXiinnii aaiibXbbkkjjffbbccaaBBkkaaiibbeX jjkkiijjaajjaajjj aaffkkooXkeejJ bbbbooaabbccaann ppggiii aaqqbXaa eeXbffaaXi XaiiXmbbaajJ ffaagg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,11,8,19,5,6,6,16,20,11,32,17,14,16,7,8,10,12,18,6,8,8,48,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001101 1010011001 1010100101 1100111110 0110010101 1101101001 01011010 1011110101 1100111110 11101011001 1111110111 10111001 1111110011 110011111 11111111 1111001101 101001110111 110101111 1011110101 011101101 0110111001 10101100101 10101011101 11001010011 1001001110 11111111 11111111 1111001101 1111110101 110100111 111001011001 1001001111 1001100101 1111111001 11101111101 101011100101 10111101001 1100101111 110011111101 10010101101 101101101101 10110100111 1010101101 11100101111 101111100 010110101 10011111 101010101 101010101 01010011 01110101 01111001 10111001 10111001 11011111 1101111101 01111001 0101011001 1011110101 1101001101 1101111001 1101010011 110010100111 1110100101 11010101 11110101 11111101 1101101010 111100110 011100101 111111101 10010011 111110101 0101100 11010101 01110111 10101001 11010001 110101011 11010101 110011111 1010110001 11100110101 111111011 110110111 1101111001 111100101 1011001101 101100101 1100110011 110100101 1101101010 1001101011 1001110111 010011100 101111000101 1111110101 110011101 110101101 010111001 11110101 11010101 11111110111 10100110101 110100101 11010101 110101101 11110101 111010100 110100101 1011101011 110100101 1010101101 110010101 011110101 110100111 010110101 110101011 1100111101 1100111101 001111101111 11010011001 11100100101 011010101 01001011001 01001001001 1010010101 1100101011 1011101011 11111011101 001011101 111011101 11011111001 01101101001 1100110011 110100101 1101101010 011110111 0111101001 101110111 1010110101 110110111 101011010001 111101111 10110111001 10101100101 1001100101 110011111 111111101 1111100101 110100111 11010101 11111111 100010101 11111101 11010101 01010101 11010101 011110111 110101010 01001001010 011110101 1101101001 11011001 110100101 011101011 11100110101 110111111 110100101 111100101 111111111 1010100101 111111110 1110101011 110010111 110111011 11010101001 110110111 110110101 11010101 01010101 111111101 1111101101 11110101 010100101 10101001001 1101011001 0110110101 111101101 1100111001 1110111101 0101101001 01011101 101010001001 10011101 1110101101 11011101 11011101 110110111 1011010101 1111110101 110101101 0101100111 01010101 111100101 1010101101 001011101 01011110 11010101 1010011001 110010101 10100110101 11011101 11110110101 10101000111 0101110101 111011111 110100111 1110111111 1011101010 11101111101 11100100101 1110100101 110011101 110011101 110101011101 0110110101 1101010110110 10111101010 1000101001 110110111 11010101 11010101 11011101 01010101 11010111 11111101 110110101 111101001 101011001001 1010011001101 0101110111 11101100101 110101101 111010101 110101011 110010101 11111111 1110110101 001011101 010101001 11111000101 11110101 01110101 011010101 101011001 11010101 01011101 1010011101 11110100101 11111100 10101011001 110110101 110010101 011110011 010011110 10101100101 01010101 010100101 111110001 110101101 01010111 11100101 1110101101 11001000111 110101111 11111111 1110101001 11001010011 110101101 11111101 110111001 111111101 10101001010 011111001 010101010 1010110010 101101010 11010111 1110101001 110110101 01010101 0101011001 1010010101 01100101 01110101 0101010110 01110101 1100100101 111100111 11010111 010001010 110111010 01100101 10111101 110011101 1001101011 110110101 1100100001 01010011 010101001 0101010101 011101001 011011101 101101101001 011011001 101101010011 110010101 0111100101 1011011111 10010111 110110111 11001111011 110111001 010101101 110100111 111010111011 01001111001 110101011 1010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 565
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 330
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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, lang, when, that, as, kilmeny, had, of, land, in, her, they, have, she, its, saw, he, at are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words but, when, the, kilmeny, as, and, they, now, many, she are repeated.
The author used the same words in, 'o, they, then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words hame, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Kilmeny;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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