This is an analysis of the poem Farewell To The Banks Of Ayr that begins with:
THE GLOOMY night is gath'ring fast,
Loud roars the wild, inconstant blast,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcccc bbddeecc ccccffcc ggXgggcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 11011001 11010101 110101001 01011101 01010101 11110101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 110010111 1001101 11010101 11110101 11010101 01011101 11110111 1110001001 11011111 0101101 11110111 01011101 011101010 01010101 11111111 11011101 01011101 1101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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