This is an analysis of the poem Bonny Dundee that begins with:
To the Lords of Convention ’twas Claver’se who spoke.
‘Ere the King’s crown shall fall there are crowns to be broke; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddbbE ffbbE ggbbE hhbBE aabbE hhbbE iibbE ggbBE jjbbEXccbbccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 001001011011 101111111001 111100111011 11001001001 1111111111 11011011111 11001111111 101101001001 01101011101 01111001111 101011111110 011011011001 10111101100 111101001001 11011011001 10110111111 101011011001 10111101100 010101011011 10101111001 111011111011 111101001001 10111101100 11001111111 11101001101 111011101111 101001001001 10111101100 11001001101 10011011001 111101011111 101001001001 10111101100 01001011111 10101101011 11011111001 111101001001 10111101100 111011011011 01010011101001 111100011011 011101001001 10111101100 1011010010011 101001011001 01101001111 101001001001 10111101100 01001001001 111110011001 11011001011 111101011011 10111101100 1101101001 01011101011 111001111001 101011101001 10111111111 11001011101 1101111111 1010010010011
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come, up, and, of, there, to, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, there are repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word etc at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dundee connects the lines.
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