This is an analysis of the poem Flora Macivor's Song that begins with:
There is mist on the mountain, and night on the vale,
But more dark is the sleep of the sons of the Gael....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ccgg dXhh iihh cXjj Xaaa Xahh ffdd hhXj dXii iiaa kkXX dXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101101011101 111001001001 01001001101 01101111001001 01101011001 010110110001 101101001101 001001001111 01011011101 101101001011 0110011011001 111101001101 1011001101011 01111001011 1000011010001 101010011001 11101001101 001001001010 11101001101 101101101001 11001111011 10100101101 111011110001 101111001011 11001101011 11011011011 10111011001 110001011101 11011001010 111111011011 11011011011 1110011001 11011011010 101011011001 101011001011 01010010101 1010110111110 110011110010 11001001101 01011011001 110001111101 011010101001 10101111101 11101111101 11011011011 101011001100 01001011001 11011011001 01111111001 11001001101 101011101001 101011011001 101001011011 101011011011 11001011101 001101001101 001011011001 1011011110010 101101111001 11111101011
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; on, with, be, of, thy, to, for, and, like are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, 'tis 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.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines awake is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase awake connects the lines.
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- summary of Flora Macivor's Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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