This is an analysis of the poem Lines On Embro And Zorra that begins with:

O'er various counties of the north,
When cruel order did go forth...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbbbXXddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010001 11010011 10011001 11011111 01010011 01010101 11010011 11011011 110100101 11000111 11010111 11010010 10011111 101110101 101011111 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 563
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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