This is an analysis of the poem Elegy On Captain Matthew Henderson that begins with:
O DEATH! thou tyrant fell and bloody!
The meikle devil wi' a woodie... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXb cccdcd bbbXXb XbbcXc eeXXeX dddfdf ddXgdg Xbbhbh eeeiei XXXcgc bbbjbj iiidid iiikik kkkckc gggdgd kkklkl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111101110 010101010 1110011 10101 111111001 1111 11111111 011101011 11010111 1111 11010101 1111 11110101 11011101 11010101 11010 11110101 11010 11010101 11011101 11010111 1101 11011101 1101 1101001001 110100101 11001010 0101 11011101 0111 11110101 10010101 11111101 11101 11010101 1111 11110101 11110101 11010101 11010 11110101 11110 11011101 11010101 11111101 10001 110101101 1101 11011111 11110101 111111001 1111 11111101 1101 11011101 01111101 11011101 1101 110101110 1101 11010111 11111101 11111101 1101 11110101 1101 101110001 11011101 11011101 1101 11110101 1111 11011101 01110101 11010101 0101 110010101 0111 11111101 11000101 111100101 1101 111111001 1001 110001010 111111110 111110110 1101 111111010 0101 10110111 01010111 11110111 1101 11011101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 111
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he's is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ye, but, mourn, and are repeated.
The author used the same word mourn at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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