This is an analysis of the poem The Bour-Tree Den that begins with:
CLINKUM-CLANK in the rain they ride,
Down by the braes and the grey sea-side;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX aabb XcaC dcdC eeee ffgX eehhdddd iihhbbee hhff ggjj kkffXbXX ggddbXXX aaXb bbffhhll llhH aahH mmhH XXhHXbbhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,8,8,4,4,8,8,4,8,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100111 110110111 1011111 1011111 110101101 111101001 11110111 1010111 11111111 11000101 11110101 1111010111 11111101 11111111 11111101 1111010111 1101011 0011011 11110111 01001101 11011111 111110101 111110101 11111101 11010101 11011111 10010111 11010111 11011011 11111101 0111001101 111100101 111001001 10010111 11111111 111010101 110011101 11010101 11111111 1011011 11110101 01010111 0110111 10111101 01011011 11111111 111101111 11010011 110101001 01011111 11111111 10110111 010100111 11011111 01001111 11011101 01011111 01010101 0100101011 11011101 1101101101 110100111 110111101 0010110100 11100111 111001011 1101111 11101100101 11100111 111010111 11011101 01111101 0011101011 11011001 0011101001 110100101 111101001 11010101 1101110001 111100101 1011111001 011100111 11111111 111100101 10101101 01101011 101011111 111100101 10011111 11111111 11111111 111100101 11110111 101101011 111011001 11100101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; hae, wi', and, i, as, my, me, it, thought, in, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words round, wi', i, my, and, that, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words blooms, see at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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