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

The Scots win a great battle at Connor]
Quhen thai within has sene sua slayn ...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,64,1,25,1,34,1,36,1,83,1,23,2,53,1,32,1,74,1,41,1,43,1,42,1,26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 801
  • Average number of words per stanza: 156
  • Amount of lines: 590
  • 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; thai, be, and, all, with, that, he, thaim, thar, wes, him, we, suld, to, of, thame, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, that 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 words/phrases thai, he connect the lines.

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  • summary of The Brus Book Xv;
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