This is an analysis of the poem The Shires On The Moray Frith that begins with:

Worthy of either song or story
Are the Shires found Frith of Moray....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabbccXdefgghhiifXffccXXXdjjcceeddddkkjjll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101110 10111010 11010010 11010101 101001010 01001101 11010111 11001101 1101111 01001101 10010111 11000101 101000001 1110111 00010001 10110101 11011101 11010011 11010101 110001010 11010111 10010111 11010101 11010101 110101010 111101110 1010101100 110111110 11110101 100101001 11011101 011010011 11110101 11111111 01010101 11010111 110011010 110101010 11101010 01111110110 110101111 100100101 011010101 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1600
  • Average number of words per stanza: 273
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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, and are repeated.

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