The Lady Of The Lake: Canto 1 (Excerpt) by Sir Walter Scott: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Lady Of The Lake: Canto 1 (Excerpt) that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XAbacXcaXbAa bXbadXdXbbXa EfeXeaeaEefX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10111110 10111110 1010111 10101010 01100101 10111110 1010101 100101010 10111110 1010111 10111110 10111010 1111111 10111110 1110101 100111010 1011111 10110011 1010101 10001010 1011101 1110101 11111110 10111010 1011101 11101011 1100101 1011110 1010001 11111110 1110101 11101110 1011101 1100101 11100011 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, thy are repeated.

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

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