This is an analysis of the poem Poet And Peer that begins with:

They asked the Bard of Ayr to dine;
The banquet hall was fit and fine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb aaadda eecaac bdbddd ffcbbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01011111 010001 01010111 01010111 110101 11010110 11000101 110101 11111101 100111001 110001 10010101 11010101 0101001 11110101 111100101 011100 11111001 1111111 11010101 1101111 111111 0101111 11011101 11010101 110101 11010111 11011111 100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; that, a', for are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines that is repeated).

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  • summary of Poet And Peer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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