This is an analysis of the poem Poem On Pastoral Poetry that begins with:

HAIL, Poesie! thou Nymph reserv'd!
In chase o' thee, what crowds hae swerv'd... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXaX XbXcbc dddede ddddXd fffgfg hhXiXi ddXXdj ddXkdk Xjjljl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 01111111 110111100 11110 111011111 11110 11011110 11010101 11110110 01110 11110101 11010 01011101 10010111 11010111 0101 01111001 10101 11100110 111101010 111101010 11010 111101010 11110 00111111 01010101 11000101 1101 11011101 0101 110101010 111101010 111110010 01110 011111100 11110 11110001 011101001 110111010 1100 11010101 0101 01001111 1110111 111100111 1111 11010101 1111 11011101 11011101 11101111 1101 11110101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; thy is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, nae are repeated.

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