This is an analysis of the poem It Was A' For Our Rightful King that begins with:

1 It was a' for our rightful king
2 That we left fair Scotland's strand;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcb XdXdcd XcXccc XdXdcd XeXece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101111101 11111101 101111101 11101101 111 11101101 111011111 1110101 1111101100 1111101 111 1111101 111111101 1010101 111010101 10011101 111 11011101 101010101 11010101 111110111 1100101 111 1100101 111011101 1111101 111111110 1011111 111 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of It Was A' For Our Rightful King;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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