This is an analysis of the poem Mackrimmon's Lament that begins with:
MacLeod's wizard flag from the grey castle sallies,
The rowers are seated, unmoor'd are the galleys;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccb ccbbXXddbb XcbbXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010011010 0101101001010 111111110110 110011000100110 110111110110 111110111110 011011100110 1000111110110 110110011110 0110010111110 100010010110 0 10 111011011 0100110101101 1111111111110 1010110010110 111010100100 011011111110 110011010110 0101011110 11111111 11111111 11111111 1100111100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; to, cha, till, return, sin, tuille are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words farewell, cha are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, tuille are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word never 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 Mackrimmon's Lament;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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