On Tweed River by Sir Walter Scott: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem On Tweed River that begins with:

Merrily swim we, the moon shines bright,
Both current and ripple are dancing in light....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabbccccdX XAabbeedd XAaffdXgg XaahhaabX iigg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,9,9,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100110111 11011011001 11101101111 1110010101 11011011111 111110001001 11011001011 1111100101 10110100101 11111001101 1 100110111 1010110101 10101110101 10101111101 11010110110 00110101010 01101011011 11010101101 1 100110111 101111111 10110101 1110111 010110001001 111001001101 110111101 111011100111 1 01011011101 010110101 001011111011 11011001001 11101001111 110101011011 11101111 11101011 100001111 1111100101 1111111110 11011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 426
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, on, and, he are repeated.

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

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