This is an analysis of the poem Highland Hospitality that begins with:

Unto his housemaid spoke the Laird:
"Tonight the Bishop is our guest;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdce bfbfagag hahaidid fdfXXjXj Xcacadae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 100100101 100010011 01110111 01110111 01010111 11010101 11010101 01010100 01110101 01010101 11011101 11000101 01010101 01010111 11011011 01010101 10010111 10111101 01000111 11110001 11011101 10011101 111100101 11110101 111010111 11011100 11010101 110100000 11010101 100111001 101110101000 11110101 110111010 01000101 11010101 10011101 101011101 11110101 11110101 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Highland Hospitality;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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