This is an analysis of the poem The Wooing O' Katie that begins with:
McLeod of Dare called his son to him.
McLeod of Dare looked stern and grim,... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff gg hh gg ii fX jj gg ii ff kk ii kk lX ii ff iX hh mm ii ll XX fX ii nn hh mm kk mm dd aa kk ff kk aa gg cc nf gg kk ff mm jj ii aa ff jj nn Xm ll hh ii cc bX hh ii iX hh ii ll mX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110101 01011111 111101101 01111111 011101111 01010101 1110101101 11010101 110111111 01110101 110010101 10110101 101111101 11011101 1101110111 11110101 111010111 11010111 111101001 11011101 111100101 11011111 111101011 110100111 1111101111 11110011 110101101 11101101 111001110 11011111 1011110101 11111111 111101101 010010101 101111111 110101111 110110101 1101101110 110100111 01011101 111100101 11100111 0111000101 100110110 0011111001 010010101 110101001 110101011 101111101 11011101 110010111 010110101 111111111 11110111 111100101 11110101 011100101 11111111 010010101 11110101 11010111 01111101 011110101 11010101 011010101 11110101 1101011101 110111001 111011101 10111101 1101001001 10010111 111011111 01110101 111111101 11011101 110010101 10010101 011100101 01111101 011100001 110110101 1101111101 011100101 010011101 11010101 100101101 10010101 111111111 11010101 111100111 10110101 100110101 10011101 111011101 11110101 010100111 10100101 101111111 11110111 110110101 11101111 111101111 11111101 111111101 10100101 111111001 01111101 111110111 11111111 111100110 01011101 111110101 11111111 111010101 11011111 111101101 110010101 110101111 110101001 111100111 110101101 111110101 111101100 110011111 110010101 111011101 11011101 11010101 110100111 1101100111 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 66
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 76
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 132
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, to, her, hae, na, what, worth, he, for, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mcleod, he, not, 'thank are repeated.
The author used the same words 'she's, did at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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