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

[Edward Bruce goes to Ireland]
The erle off Carrik Schyr Edward, ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aXXbXcdXXadXXeXXddXfffXXggXXXXXefgXXhhXaXXXfi X XXXhhaahhfXfXbjXXkXXfhhaaXXkkXXhhXeXXXXXXhhXXeefXffXXaa X XXffXXffXXaXXXffXXbXXfhhfXjjffhhffkXhhXXhXXXjbhh k XXXfXXeeXXhhXXXXXXhhgXXXXXXXXXXXXehhfXXXdXfg g XXXfXgXXddifXXXiXXXXXXXibjXXhhffXXXXeXfkXfXfXXhhf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,45,1,55,1,48,1,44,1,61,1,63,2,50,2,80,1,43,2,65,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110100 010110110 11011010 11100001 11100101 110101110 10010111 11110101 10111110 00100110 11011111 11100111 01110110 1100100 10011101 111110111 11111111 10011110 10001001 1011111 11111101 10011001 11011101 11100100 010101110 111110010 11010110 11010111 11110111 01110100 11111100 11101100 11010101 010011001 10110110 111110110 01111100 101101111 11110111 1010110 11011111010 11011101 111101111 1101110 01100111 1101000011 010101010 1010011 1010110 111001000 01001101 111011001 11111010 101111011 1011001 01011111 111101011 11110110 11111011 01111110 0100101010 110101101 1101000010 11111100 11111011 11010101 1111101100 101111111 11011101 110011101 10111111 111111011 11100100 10011100 11110101 101001101 101101010 01000110 11001111 11101101 11100111 101101111 11011100 0101101111 1010100 1010100 101011100 110011100 011011001 110111111 10100111 110011101 01011101 11010101 10110101 10101100 111101011 101010111 101011100 10110101 11101111 101110001 01011010010010110110 1010111 1111111 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11011101 01111101 1101001 01011001 110110011 101111001 011010011010 1101110 11111001 10111001 11011110 1110011100 111101001 010011101 11101011 1000011 1110010010 11010111 11110111 11111011 10100111 11111111 011001 11011101 011011110 11111111 111010001 10011101 01101111 10011111 11011111 1110011111 01110011 11111110 11101101 01011101 1100110111 10011001 11101111 11111111 010111010 111111100 01100111 0101101101 11010100 01010101 111010001 010100101 11100111 11010101 11111111 101011101 11111111 111100111 11111110 11101011 1111100010 11111111 01110111110010 101001100101 01101111 111011011 11101001 111111111 0110110011 10111100 11011100 111001101 11110100011 10011011 11011101 11110101 1011111011 111111111 101101111 1110110 110110101 101101011 1100111001 100111011 11011111 10111011 001111001 111010101 10000101 1111111 011011100 011011100 111111111 11111111 11010111 11111011 11001010100 1111101110 11101100 110111110 11110010 11110110 111101010 11011101 1101001000 101101100 11001101 111001111 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  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 999
  • Average number of words per stanza: 190
  • Amount of lines: 567
  • 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; with, he, and, thai, that, thar, war, to, we, his, schyr, thaim, said, ' are repeated.

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

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

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