This is an analysis of the poem Ye Jacobites By Name that begins with:
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear!
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccddcc aaeeaa ffggff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111111111 110111111 110111 1101001 110111111111 110111111 1011101101101 1011101101 1011101 011101 011101101101 011101101 110101101101 110101101 110101 0110101 11010111011101 1101011101 111101001001 111101001 111101 010101 110101001001 110101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ye, jacobites, by, name, lend, ear, what, you, hear, law, and, for, to, draw, makes, heroic, strife, famed, afar, bluidy, wi, war, in, state, alone, his, fate are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ye, your, what, a, or, then, and are repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ear, hear, law, draw, afar, war, state, fate are repeated).
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