This is an analysis of the poem Address To Wm. Tytler, Esq., Of Woodhouselee that begins with:

REVERED defender of beauteous Stuart,
Of Stuart, a name once respected;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea efef ghgh bibi bjbj Xcaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010100101 01011010 011011010011 111011010 110110100011 111101010 01101011101 110110010 11011101101 110110010 11011101001 111110010 101111111001 011010010 011011001001 110011110 11011001101 111101001 01001011011 01111010 11001111001 111010110 01001101001 010111010 11101001001 01011011 101001101001 01101101 11101011111 11001101 11101101101 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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