Cleveland's Song by Sir Walter Scott: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Cleveland's Song that begins with:

Farewell! Farewell! the voice you hear,
Has left its last soft tone with you,-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeXeXabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11011101 01110101 11010101 01011111 01110101 11010101 01011101 01011111 01111101 11010101 11010101 01111111 10110101 01111111 11110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Cleveland's Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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