This is an analysis of the poem The Brus Book 18 that begins with:

[Edward Bruce marches toward Dundalk; he debates whether to fight]
Bot he that rest anoyit ay ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXXcddeeXbbbXbffeXbbbabgXcffbbXbXeXXXbXXbaeeXXXXbhXbbXXXbX a XXXXbgbbXiXXXiXXXXeXjXklXbcXXiX a XeeiimnbXlXXXbbeXXXXXXXfXdXmXXcbXcXXXbXXXbbXlXXbXkkXXiibkXXX l eXbXXooXXXXnXeeXXaXXXhXXX l ffXXXXcXXbjabbcXXXbbXXXXbbXibXXXgXdd e mmXXddbbXbcXXaXbXXXeeeXhbaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,58,1,31,1,60,1,25,1,36,1,32,1,48,1,42,1,57,1,47,1,49,1,37,2,46,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001101011001 11111001 11010010 01101100 11111101 111011001 1111011 11111011 01111110 100101100 110110111 10101101 110100111 1110111 11111001 111101101 11111011 11011010 11111110 11110101 1110110111 11011111 1110001011 010101011 1110010 1110111110 11100110 11111101 01110101 11111111 1110110011 11101100 11111111 110110010 01010111 111110111 0101001 110101100 11010101 1010111110 111101111 11011011 111111111 11110101 11110101 1111111011 11111101 1011111 1111101 101110011 1111010100 111001100 01111101 111110111 11011111 111110111 11011101 10010111 11111010 0101100011101 1100100100 11111100 111011011 10101101 11110111 110011100 111100111 11110111 1110110 011001111 11111010 11110110 110111111 01111111 01011100 11101100 111010101 100110011 11100001 010111 1101011 1100111001 11111100 11111110 1011111 111001000 111111010 111111010 11111111 111011111 11110101 00111010110101 110011011 11110110 100110001 10101011 11011111 101101110 11111001 10011111 11110010 01011101 110111100 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  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 790
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 582
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; that, he, and, thai, ', said, our, wes, him, with, to, thaim, thar, than, for, his, war, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, thai, be, edward, that, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word edward at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.

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