This is an analysis of the poem Robert Burns that begins with:
The following ode was delivered by the author at the Centennial Anniversary
of Burns, Ingersoll, in presence of a large assembly in the year 1859:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bcbc dada cece dfdf ghgh bibi ejej fXfh ggkk ccll iijj jXmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011010101010010010100 011000100010100011 01110001 11011101 11110101 11011001 11011101 110101010 01011001 010101010 11011101 01011101 01111111 11100101 11011101 11001101 11011101 11010101 10110101 10010111 01011111 11011101 1111111 110110001 11010101 11011101 11110101 11101101 11010101 110011001 11110101 11010010 11110 11101010100 11110101 10110101 10111101 01110101 11010101 01000101 11010111 01001101 10101010 110111010 11001101 110010101 11010011 11010111 00110101 11001101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; he, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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