This is an analysis of the poem A Galloway Song that begins with:

Ah! ken ye what I met the day
Out oure the Mountains ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacdbdbefeffXfXeXeXgcgchXhXiiiiXXfXcfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 43,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 11010 01011101 1110 11101111 11010 11110101 01010 11110101 01010 11010101 01110 11110101 11010 01011101 01110 11010111 11010 01110101 11010 11010111 11010 11011001 11100 11010001 11110 01111101 11110 1101111 11010 11000111 11010 11111111 01001 11110101 1111 10111111 110010 110010111 10111111 11010 11100101 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 232
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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