This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of How Macpherson Held The Floor that begins with:
Said President MacConnachie to Treasurer MacCall:
"We ought to have a piper for our next Saint Andrew's Ball....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: XabXcXddeeffgg aXgXcchhiiXajjkkhXhhXXlXiiXcaXccggbXll XaccaXgXcXhh bbmmggXXXXnnXc ddgXXiffffffhh ccmmccmmcc ddaXgghh gXggggXm bbXXXjcc ffcXeeXXhh ffaaffccXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,38,12,14,14,10,8,8,8,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101100010010 11010101111111 11010111010101 0101110101000100 1000101110111001 1111110101010 1111011111101 01011101110111 01011101011101 01010101111101 11111101011101 11010101010001 11110101111111 11010101111101 11011101111111 11111101110010 11100111110101 1101010111010010 110100101010001 11010101110111 11001101110101 011101001110101 01110100110101 01010001011101 1011111010110010 11010111111001 11111111110101 01101101110011 11111111111011 01010101110111 11010101110101 1010001011101010 01001101010101 11011000110111 100101010100010 1010101010110010 11110101110101 111101010100010 11011101110111 11010111011101 11111101010101 01000101010001 010111011100101 1001101010110010 1101100110101 11110100010101 101010101110111 11010111111101 11110101010101 100101010101011100 11010101110101 110010101010001 11110101110111 111010101110101 1101100110101 11111100010101 101011101110101 110101010110010 101010101110101 10101010010010 110100101110111 01001001010101 01010001110101 11010111110101 10010100010011 11010101110001 11010101010001 01110101010001 1010101101010111 11010011010110101 01110101010101 1010101011111100 1010101001010010 1011111110101010 11011001010101 01011101110101 111111011101010 1010101001010101 11010101110101 111101111010111 101010101010101 1101010010010 1010111011111010 101010101110101 11110101011101 01000100010101 101010101010101 101010101111111 11111111110101 101010111010011 110010100011101 01010101010101 101010101110111 01010101010001 01011101110101 11011100110001 101110101110001 01100101010101 1101010110101 110101001010111 11011111110101 0101001011110101 01010100010101 11011111010111 1101100110111 110010101010010 111101011100001 01101101110101 11011101111101 11011101010101 01010101010101 1011110010010 11001101110001 11000101110101 11001111110101 10111010111010101 010101111111010 1100010001010101 110111111101001 11010111010011 11011110101111110 1111011110110 11110101110011 11010100010101 11111101110001 001110101010001 11110100010101 11010101010101 11110111110111 11101101010101 01111101110011 11000101110101 11010111101011100 0101110101101100 11010101010101 0100101010101 11011101010111 11010101010101 111010101110101 11010101110101 01010111110111 01010101010001 11010101010101 101010111110101 1101011011101010 101001101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 825
- Average number of words per stanza: 145
- Amount of lines: 146
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, as, his, your, of, they, he, with, but are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, with, and, for are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word floor at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Ballad Of How Macpherson Held The Floor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
