This is an analysis of the poem The Lay Of The Last Minstrel: Canto Ii. that begins with:
I.
If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, ...
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbccdddaeeffgg XgghhbXiiijij XiiXiiibbXf XakaXjiji aaiaiblblllgXga alldddlX Xididaaaaii Xbbgglmbmfbfbbb XgfnffXkkii ollfllXXii alliiiillbbiibill Xlplpiigg Xbbkeekaaallll Xiiiijoiiee XqqiiXgbbiiee XiibXlliiii XiibbXXllqqii XbbXlmmadnnbbkffk Xaaiiiiabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,13,11,9,15,8,11,15,11,10,17,9,14,11,13,11,13,17,15,13,13,17,11,13,13,11,9,15,17,7,19,14,20,33,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 011111110 110010111 10110101 11010101 1010101101 111010101 101101010 110101010 1101101000 110101100 110100100 1011110111 11010101 101001100111 11110101 11110101 11010101 11011111 1 11010011 1010100111 010110101 11111111 01010001 111111110 110101001 11010101 1100110101 01010111 111101001 1100111101 1 11000101 01010101 01011110 110010111 0110111 10010101 11010101 1100100101 11001100 0101011010 1 110101111 110101001 110111101 01010001 01010101 01010111 01001111 10111101 1 11010111 10111111 1101100101 110110111 11010101 01011101 11000101 11110111 11110001 11011101 11110101 01011101 11110101 110100101 1 1010011 111101 1111111010 101011110 111101010 101111 111110111010 1 0110110101 10111100 11101001001 11011100 11110110111 10101101011 11111101 11010101 0101001011 10111001001 1 10111001 1000101 111100101 11100101011 011110101 10001111 11110101 01000101 11110110 010100101 10010101 11010101 1110101111 1100100101 1 1011101 11010101 01011101 110101111 011111110 101011011 010010111 1010010111 01101001001 11001011011 1 11001011010 100111010 0101101 11010101 01111101 11010100 11110100 11010001 11010101 1 01101101 11010101 110010001 11111101 110101001 010010111 110110111 11011101 01011111 101001011001 11010111 10010101 0101010 110010001 01110101 1110100101 1 110110101 01011101 11010101 111110101 11010111 11010101 110111101 1110111011 1 11110111 01010101 01001101 1101001 110010101 01110101 10011101 110011101 011110101 1100100101 101000101 11101101101 01010101 1 110110101 0101010 110100101 1111010101 110110101 1111011101 01110101 111011111 111110101 110010101 1 110100101 110101011 110011011 110101001 111111110 01010001 110111101 1011110111 1110100101 1010010111 1010111011 110100101 1 11010111 11000111 11010101 01010101 110110111 11110101 1100100011 01011101 11111101 1010100101 1 110010101 100100101 01010101 010101101 11111000 010010111 1010100111 101011101 11000101 110101001 10110100101 010110001 1 010100111 01001100111 01010110 1011100111 01110101 111010111 11110101 1011111000 11000101 110100101 110111011 01110111 1100001 111111101 11011101 110101 1 01110101 101110101 01010101 111100101 01010111 00110101 101000101 01110101 01011001 01110101 11010101 11010111 11010101 110011101 1 101100100 11010101 110101001 11010111 11011111 01110111 10110111 01010111 101110011 0101011 111010101 0011111100 1 110101111 11010011 11111101 110011101 11111101 11001101010 11000101 00110101 010110101 1111100111 101001001 011100101 1 101111001 01010101 10111110101 11011101 010011101 11010101 111101011 11110101 110101001 111110101 11110101 110010101 10011101 01110101 110110110 110111101 1 111100101 11111111 111111111 01111011110 01011001 110011101 1010110101 0101101011 010110101 011110111 1 011100101 11010001 1111110111 11010110 1010100101 11010101 101010101 11010101 111110101 010101001 110010101 11111101111 1 011101001 011100101 11010101 110101101 011111001 11001001011 11101001 11010101 110010111 110101001 11010101 01010100 1 11110011001 1101110 101011010111 1100101001 1111111001 11110101 1111101010 111011001 1111001001 101010101 1 0110111 101010101 0100100111 1011100101 01010011 111010101 11110111101 0110100111 1 0111111 110010111 01010101 01010111 11101111 100101101 11111111 100101001 10110101 01010101 10111101 11010101 11110101 0100010101 1 11111011 11001100 11011101 110011101 11010101 01110001 110101010 01010101 11110101 11010101 11111111 11010101 11111101 11010101 100101101 1000100110 1 01111111 111100101 01011110 11111111 11011111 11111101 1 0111101011 01010101 11010111 11111101 001011011 11010111 1110100101 110011101 11011111 1101011101 01010111 10010101 01011101 11011101 111101011 01100100 1111110111 1011110101 1 11010001 010100101 10111111 110001001 11010111 11010111 11101110 1111011 110010111 111101011 1011010100 10111100 10110101 1 101011100 11010101 01010001 11011101 110011101 111101 1010101001 0011111001 01011101 101011010 110110100 1101100100 10110111 11011101 11011101 110110111 101011101001 110101101 11110101 1 110100011 11001111 01010101 10010111 011011111 1100100111 11110111 110010101 11010101 01010111 100110110 110011101 11010111 11110101 01010101 110100101 11010101 01010101 0101011 11010111 11011101 11010101 11110101 001010101 11111100 010101010 11010101 11010011 01010001 10111101 010100111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 34
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 499
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 467
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, of, i, with, his, he, she, my, came, thither, how are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words then, and, o, i, the, why, my are repeated.
The poet repeated the same words grave, page at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.
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