This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written In The Highlands After A Visit To Burns's Country that begins with:
There is a charm in footing slow across a silent plain,
Where patriot battle has been fought, where glory had the gain; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccXXaXddeXffeebbaaddggddffffbbgghhaaeebX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 10010101010101 110010101110101 10010101110110 11011101110101 100101001111101 10011111010101 10010111110001 11000111010101 11010101010101 01111101111101 01010101110111 11111101110110 11011101111101 11110101011101 101101111101 11110111111101 1101110101101 11111111011101 101101110101 1111100010111001 10010101110001 11010100110111 11010101011001 01000101010101 10011111010101 010100111110101 111101001110111 01011101010101 100101101010101 11011101010101 11000101010101 010101011001001 10011111010001 11110101110101 11011101110001 11011101110101 11110100110101 11010101110001 110110011110101 10010111010100 11010101111111 01110101110101 100101011101101 11110101110111 11111101111101 11010101010110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2767
- Average number of words per stanza: 512
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; where, more, or, may, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
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