This is an analysis of the poem Out Of Scotch that begins with:

Dominate my dreams you do.
To put me through, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAB ccdeXffg XHICFDDJ hddjfk XHlICFDDJ XlXX fgmf jX nhfj X jmmcn oXXAABbfajeok
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,8,6,9,4,4,2,4,1,5,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 0111 0101100010 110101 00111001 01101101 00010110 1101111 1001011 10110101 010111 1 110011 1101001010 00101101001 01101110 011011011 111001 010 010111111111 100101001 1011011101 1100011110001 111111 110011111101 1 110011 010000010010 1101001010 00101101001 01101110 011011011 111001 010 111110 1111010 1111101011 11110 111010110000 011110111 1110101011 111010110 110101011111 111110111001 1110 110110 0111010 11110100010 10110010111 01 1 101 01101 1111001010 11 11111 1011111 0111 0101100010 110 11 1110010101 010100101 0100 11001 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; i, to are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Out Of Scotch;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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