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

[King Robert goes to Ireland]
Quhen Schyr Edward, as Ik said ar, ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbXXXXcdXefgaaXXgffXXbXXfgXXfXdcfXfhXfXXbXcdXbXX X cdfXaaiiaaXXXXffXXXXXXffbbXjXfXXaaXXXffffXkkXXa l aXfffXXbbXkXXXXaamXXlXXXXXfXkXkmXXXXXfmeXXXXXfXjXkkXXaagfX g aXmXXaaaXkkaakkmXbbXXfgaXXXXXXjgXflkkXXcdaaXfXXnXmXbbXXXXXXXXXXffXXbbXXXXcckXXmbXXXXaXXjX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,48,1,47,1,58,1,89,1,62,1,30,2,67,1,91,1,50,1,37,1,87,1,36,
  • Closest metre: iambic 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: 1060
  • Average number of words per stanza: 203
  • Amount of lines: 715
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to, him, he, and, thai, of, that, his, thar, throu, in, thaim are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, throu, had, that, thai are repeated.

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

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

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