This is an analysis of the poem Burns And Scott that begins with:

Meeting of Burns and Scott in Edinburgh.
When Burns did make triumphant entry ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbccddee ffggbbcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101000 110101010 11001010 00100101 01110111 011110110 01011010 101001001 111000101 10110111 11010101 1110011 01001101 11010111 11011001 11110101 11011101 010010001 10011101 11010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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