This is an analysis of the poem The Revenge Of Hamish that begins with:
It was three slim does and a ten-tined buck in the bracken lay;
And all of a sudden the sinister smell of a man,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cbbc defd agga geeXX gXbX hieeXi bccb baXX ghXg XiiX gaaX ijji akka fbbf gaag lbbl ieei miiX gaXg XinnXi kXXgk mhhm dffd abbfaXhbccb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,4,6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,5,4,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111110110100101 11001001001001 1010111011 10111100110101111 111010110110101 0010010110101 111100101 1011110110100101 11001111101101001 1011111001001 1111101001 1111011101011011 1100101100100111 01101101101001 0111001001 1101100101101011 111011101010001111 111111011011001 101101001011 100101101011001001 1010 1101100110100101 1110110010011010 1011001101001 11100111111011110 111001011001001 001 11001101101101 1100111001 011010111010101 100 101101011011001001 101101001101001 11011001101 101011011110111011 1011100101100111 10100100100101 10111011010 10110111101001110 1110110111011011 1011101111011111 1111111111110 1011001101001001101 111001001111101110 1110111101101 10111110111 11011001101101010 110111110110111 1010010101100110 0010101001001 1111011011010011010 10100101011111001 1010110111101 111001011001 1011011111011011 1111011010110111 10010111011011101 11011001001 110010010110010101 10101110110111101 10101100111101 11100100101 101101011111001001 10111101110110101 110110011010101 101011001101 1101100111111111 1101001011011101 10101111111011 1101111011 11011101110011001 101011011111111 10111010101101 101001101111 1011011011001001000 10101100111101101 110101101001011 111101111 1110110011011010010 10111100100110111 11101110101010 111101010010 10110101110100101 111011100100100 01001 11101101011001 111111001001 111011110101110 01 0100111001011001 10101111011011 101011011001 11111100011011001 001 1111011011011001 10111111101101 111101001001 00101111001101001 1110100111001101 11101011001011 10101100101 0011101111001001 11001001001001001 11010000001111001 11001011001 11101111111011 001 111001010100111 001 10111101001111 10101110101 1011010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 26
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 112
- 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; and, of, to, his, i, they, hamish, ye, he, as, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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