This is an analysis of the poem To Miss Ferrier, Enclosing Elegy On Sir J. H. Blair that begins with:
NAE heathen name shall I prefix,
Frae Pindus or Parnassus;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX bcXc dXdX bXXc efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011110 1101110 1110101 11010010 1010010111 1101110 11010111 11001110 11111001 1101110 01010101 110110 11110101 1110010 11011111 1101110 01011101 0101111 11011111 1111011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
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