This is an analysis of the poem 314. Song—there'Ll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame that begins with:
BY yon Castle wa', at the close of the day,
I heard a man sing, tho' his head it was grey:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX ccbX XXbX ddbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101101001 11011101011 1111100111 10100111011 01001001001 01001011001 11111111101 10100111011 1101111011 11111111001 01011111011 10100111011 1100101111 1111111101 11111011101 10100111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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