This is an analysis of the poem Highland Mary that begins with:
Ye banks, and braes, and streams around
The castle o' Montgomery,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXcbXb XdadcXXb efXfgbXb ebebgbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 0101010 101111110 110101 11011001 1101010 111101100 1111010 11010111 1101010 11011101 1100110 010101101 1101111 11011111 1111010 110011101 1101110 11010101 1110010 11110101 11110110 11011101 1111010 11111101 1111110 111101001 1111110 110010101 11110110 11011101 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; your, and, there are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word mary at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Highland Mary;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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