This is an analysis of the poem The Seaton Terrace Lass that begins with:

MY love at Seaton Terrace dwells,
A hale and hearty wight,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdecE BeFE dcdcfefE G habXcedE G ihdhiaiE G ajbjdaeE G bkkkbeXEXBeFE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 011101 11010101 100101 01010101 110101 01000101 010101 1001010111 111101 01011101 010101 11010101 110101 11110101 0101001 11010101 110101 11001101 010101 1001011100 11010101 010101 11011101 1101001 10010101 110101 11110101 010101 1001011100 11111111 110111 01010101 010101 11110111 110101 01110101 010101 1001011100 01010111 110111 11110001 110101 01010101 010101 01110111 010101 1001011100 11011111 010101 11011111 111101 11110101 110111 1101011 010101 1001010111 110111 01011101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she'll, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, like, she'll are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word lass at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • history of its creation;
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