This is an analysis of the poem Lines On The North Of Scotland that begins with:

Lines on the North of Scotland, delivered in Embro nearly a
quarter of a century ago:...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aabb ccdd eeaa aaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010010010100 100010001 10110111 01010101 01000111 11000111 11011111 0110001 11111001 11010101 1010001 010010101 1110111 01011100 11111101 01000101 11010101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, from are repeated.

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