This is an analysis of the poem The Well Of Loch Maree that begins with:

Calm on the breast of Loch Maree
A little isle reposes;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa baXa Xcdc beXe bXXX edXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 0101100 01110001 11110010 0101101 1101010 01010101 11001010 11010101 0111010 11010101 1101010 11011101 101010 1101011 0111010 11010101 0101110 11011101 1101010 01100100 10111100 11010101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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