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

[Sir Ingram Umfraville praises the king;
the men of Galloway pursue him with a tracker dog] ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab XaXXcdXXcdXXXXeXffgXXXhXaXiiXeXXXjkkXXXXXallXXlXcdllXlXdcdhXlXXXlX h kXlXlXXalXXXddaXXkXXXXXXXXXiXXiiXXXXXeXllXXXXXXXXXlgXlXfllhXXXXXXfhhXXkkgXXhlXiXXXkXXXXekXmmiXXXjjXXXenfXXhXfXaXlXXjllXX d XXooXXlXpXXXXqXXXXeXXXkkXlXXXXlleXXXXXXXlXdXXgXXjXeekXXdXlXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,66,1,120,1,106,1,36,1,52,1,78,2,222,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1733
  • Average number of words per stanza: 342
  • Amount of lines: 689
  • 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; and, he, ', to, no, we, that, i, thai, war, off, him, thar are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, that, and, no, i, for are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines king, war are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word king at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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