This is an analysis of the poem The Lad From Inverness that begins with:
He would go, they could not keep him, for he came of fighting stock;
Though his widowed mother pleaded, he was firm as any rock.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXcXdeX ffggggbbXghhch bbeehhffdeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,14,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111111110101 101010101111101 111010101111101 011010101110101 111101101110111 101011101011101 10101110111110 101100101011001 10011011001001 11111110 01110101110111 01000101011001 101111101010101 101111100010101 101010100010101 110010101011101 100010101010111 101011110010001 1011101011101000 101000111111001 1110011 1110111 1111101111101 011011 101010101011001 01101010010001 101011100111111 001110101010111 001110101010101 1010111010011111 101001100110101 101110101011111 101010101011001 1001101110101011 11111110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 711
- Average number of words per stanza: 133
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, his, home, ', voice, and, come, in, this, we, know are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Lad From Inverness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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