This is an analysis of the poem Lochinvar that begins with:
O young Lochinvar is come out of the west,
Through all the wide Border his steed was the best;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXbbaacX ddeecX eebbcX ffggcX hhiicX ccjjXX bbggcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11100011001 11011001101 11001111011 11101111101 11001111001 11011101100 11111111111 11011011111 11110011001 01101001011 101001101001 101011001100 11011001001 011111011011 11011001101 101101111001 101101111101 1011110111000 101111011101 11101011101 11111001101 01111011101 111001011011 1110010011000 01101001101 110101111101 11101111101 001101101001 11011101011 10110100011100 11001111001 11001101001 101001101001 1011110001011 1011010101011 0111110011000 11001111001 111011101011 11001011011 11001001011 101111101111 1111110011100 1110110001001 1010110011111 11101101101 101101001011 11001111001 1110101011100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; he, all, and, her, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and, so are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word lochinvar at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Lochinvar;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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