This is an analysis of the poem Marmion: Canto 6 (Excerpt) that begins with:

Next morn the Baron climb'd the tower,
To view afar the Scottish power,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbdXeeeefffccc X bgggbhXhhdffdihiihjjhffkkdlmm X cchXeennnnnnnggXiiXiihh X ddmmhoohnndndnXgXnnggggeX X ccppccqqXXoolnnnlrirripipiffnnniiin X ddgsgshhinnippppninXnnXppkXik X tatagggggggccppcXnnggedde X hhggccdddgXkhhkppkiiimimerggpsspggpdX X gg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,1,29,1,23,1,25,1,35,1,29,1,25,1,37,1,26,1,46,1,28,1,30,1,31,1,31,1,29,1,29,1,45,1,21,1,31,1,28,1,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101010 010101010 011101 01010101 11000101 010101 110011101 010010110 010101 01011101 11010101 010111 1111001010 111001010 110111010 010100111 11010011 11010101 1 101010101 01100101 11011101 11010111 011101 11001101 11000110 010100111 01010101 11111111 110111010 110111010 01010111 11010101 110101 11000111 10110111 010101 110100101 11010101 0100101 110100101 10111101 110010111 11011101 11111111 001111100 110101101 01010101 1 11110101 11011101 11010101 11010110 110100101 111100001 010101 11011101 01111101 011101 11011101 11011101 110111 111100101 11110101 1110101110 01011111 010110101 11010100 010101101 11011101 101111001 01010101 1 11011101 11010111 101111101 11010101 01110101 11110111 11000101 1101001 11111101 11010111 111101 01110101 11110101 11110001 011101010 100110011101 110011100 010111001 101001101 01010101 11111101 01111111 11101111 01010111 110101010 1 01111111 10010101 11110001 01010101 10010111 11010111 11000101 11010101 11010101 1111010 111100111 10011101 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10010110 1 110100101 01010101 11010101 010100101 10010101 10010111 11110111 01010001 11010101 10110101 110111 11010101 11110110 11010111 11111101 110100 01010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010001 110101 010101001 1100101001 110010101 010101 1 11010101 10110111 11010101 10110101 11010101 10110111 11110101 01011101 11110101 010101 11110101 010011101 010101 01010101 01010101 100101 01111111 010111 11011001 11110111 010101 11010111 1010110111 101101 11010101 11111101 1100010 10011110 10110101 0100101001 110111001 010101 11010101 11110001 010101 11010111 11010101 111111 11010101 011100001 10110101 110111 110100101 01110101 01110101 110001 1 11110101 101101001 01010111 01010101 100101001 01010101 11011101 01011010100 111100101 11011010100 01110111 110101 10110101 010111 01110101 01010111 10010101 01011101 01011101 11010100 11010010 11010101 1101111 11111101 11011101 010100 1000011101 11001001101000 1 110011111 011100101 1001011101 10111101 01110101 11000101 10111101 11110101 11110101 0111101 11010101 11001101 10110101 01110101 10011101 01000101 110101010 01011101 10110101 11001101 11111101 1100101010 11010111 11000101 11110101 111101011 011111 11111101 01100001 0111010 1 110011001 01011101 11000101 101100101 11110101 0100101 10010101 10010101 001101 01010111 01010111 110101 11010101 10010101 11000101 11010111 11000101 11110101 010101 11011101 001101 01111101 11010111 10110101 110111 11011111 10011110 01010101 01011101 010010101 01010101 1 111100001 11110101 10001010011 1010101110 110101 101010111 110101 11111101 0111010100 10001111 11010101 01110011 11110100 110010001 11101111 10010101 01000101 10011011101 10110101 11010101 01010101 111101 110101101 11110101 111101 01100101 11111001 11011101 010111010 11011111 010101001 1 01011101 11010101 01010101 01010101 10111111 01011001 11011111 111101 100110111010 1101100100101 1011 100110101 11010101 11110111 00100101 111111 110011110 110010101 1101110 01110101 110100101 110101 01110101 1100101 01010101 11010001 1101000 110111010 00110100 1 10110101 11010101 11010111 010101001 11110101 110111 11010111 11000101 1011001 110111111 110010011 110001 11110101 01010001 11010101 111101 01010101 11011111 1101001 01011101 11110111 110101001 101001011000 110101 11000101 010011 11011101 11010101 11011111 1 11110101 110010101 01010101 01111101 11110101 01010101 110111 11110111 11011101 11110101 010101 01011110 11010001 11010111 010111 11110101 10010101 11110111 110011 11010101 101111101 11010101 11010101 100111 11010101 110101 10110101 111111001 11000111 11111111 010101 11010101 1100101 01010101 010101 011100111 01110101 11010101 01010111 110111101 100100111 00111101 010101 11011101 110101 1 11010101 11011101 111101001 01010111 11111000 01110100 10110101 11001001 110101 110011101 01010001 110101 11010101 100111001 111101 11010101 11010101 1000111 11111111 10111001 101101 1 101111001 01110101 01010101 110101010 01010101 01110101 11010111 11010101 01010111 110101011 01010101 111101001 01010101 01010100 11011101 11011101 011101 11111111 111100101 011100111 01010101 10010101 101101101 0101110100 11010111 11100111 11010101 01011101 111100100 11001101 01010101 1 11010001 11010111 110110111 1100101 11011101 01010101 110101 11010101 10010101 110101 111101001 01000110 110101 01010111 11010101 111101 11110101 110101001 11110101 01110101 01000101 11011101 0100100111 11110001 110101001 11010101 11110101 010111010 1 11110111 11010001 11110101 10111001 11110111 11010101 110111010 01010101 01110011 11010101 11010111 11011101 11010101 01011101 11101101 01010101 11110001 01110100 11001101 10010101 11010101 11110101 11110101 11010101 110011001 10110101 01000101 10111011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 41
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 664
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; now, troop, by, on, and, fight, to, his, there, from, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words their, beneath, troop, and, with, the, at, perchance, his, a, to, though, of, 'twas are repeated.

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  • summary of Marmion: Canto 6 (Excerpt);
  • central theme;
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