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

[The king prepares his division]
Now Douglas furth his wayis tais, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,24,1,62,1,43,1,41,1,36,1,79,1,49,1,74,1,38,1,50,1,36,1,58,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 882
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 602
  • 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; him, he, that, thaim, thai, his, and, our, for, your, ye, how, all, said, we, to, than, mony are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, and, thai, that, the 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.

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

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