This is an analysis of the poem Macgregor's Gathering that begins with:

The moon's on the lake, and the mist's on the brae,
And the Clan has a name that is nameless by day; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX XXXX bbXX ccXX bbXX ddXX eeXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101101101 101101101011 1101010100 101010100 11011101111 101111011010 11010010100 101010100 110110101010 111011011 1101010100 101010100 11101011011 01011101101 1101010100 101010100 0111011011010 1110011110010 1101010100 101010100 1110010111010 010010110110 1110011100 111111100 101011001101 1001011001011 01011011001 111001111010 1101010100 101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; gather, haloo, grigalach, landless, courage, and, vengeance, then, come, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word come is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines grigalach is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word grigalach at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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