This is an analysis of the poem Lines On Meeting With Lord Daer that begins with:

THIS 1 wot ye all whom it concerns,
I, Rhymer Robin, alias Burns,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeXXX eefXXf XXXddb ggecXe ffXccX eehXXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111001 110101001 010101 01000101 11110101 1100101 10110101 10111101 1100010 1101010010 1101000010 1101010 11011111 0101111 1101110 11011111 110110001 11110110 11110101 01110101 11111100 11010111 11010101 1001010 11010001 11010101 1101010 01011101 11011100 111010 11010101 01010101 0100010 01011111 11111111 1111010 10010111 11010101 1111010 11010111 01010101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; pride is repeated.

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

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

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