This is an analysis of the poem Scots Prologue For Mr. Sutherland that begins with:
WHAT needs this din about the town o' Lon'on,
How this new play an' that new sang is comin?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabXccddee ccddaaXfffggffcchhiigg aabbjjXfkk XXllkkdddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,22,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010101110 10111111010 10010111010 11011101010 0111010111 0101111111 1100011101 01111101001 1111111111 01010101001 111001010010 11010101010 0111010111 11001011101 1101011101 0101010111 111011110001 1101010101 110100101010 10110001010 1101111101 0101010101 11101000111 1111010101 11110101010 01110101010 01010111010 11011101010 1101010101 11000101001 1111010001 0101000101 0101111101 1111010101 11110010101 1101010101 11011101010 11110101010 1101110101 1111011111 11011011010 11110101010 0111010101 111111101 11111111010 1011111010100 1111111111 1101000101 11111011111 1101010111 110011111011 11010011010 1111010111 1111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 596
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).
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