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

[Preparations for battle against John of Lorn]
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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbXcXXdXXXddddaeffXXeeddXdXdddgXXaXhXaeXXXXddXiXX X ddddXXbXjjkkXigXggXXhXXXXXhXddfXeedillXXbXXXggkXXXkk k XmddgdXXXXggmmggdXllbXXadgfXXXX X XiXgghXkkXXhXXmddXXffmXXXidXdhhiXiXggXiXnXXXXXXggdk X XXjjXfXXddXXXbjXXXhXjjoXXXmmdhdgiXXXfXiXXmXXXgXkdXggmXddj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,1,52,1,31,1,51,1,66,1,52,1,22,1,30,1,46,1,39,1,31,1,38,1,24,1,54,1,54,1,63,1,35,1,20,1,32,1,38,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 39
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 725
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 850
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, his, and, thaim, with, thai, of, he, sum, him, sa, off, ay, i, na, in, ye, to, wes, men, all are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, that, and, to, he, for, bot 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 se is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases he, thai, than connect the lines.

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