This is an analysis of the poem Song—out Over The Forth that begins with:
OUT over the Forth, I look to the North;
But what is the north and its Highlands to me?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xbaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1100111001 11001101001 0110111011 01101101101 11100111101 11011111010 1100111111 0110101111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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