This is an analysis of the poem The Lay Of The Last Minstrel: Canto Iii. that begins with:
I.
And said I that my limbs were old, ...
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbbcddcdd Xbbeeccc XXeefefeaaeggX Xddggagaghhbb agigibbiibb aggffhhffgggjjkkee XbbabaggbbaaaX Xbbbbjjbbbb XlleebbXibbggffmmnn kffeXbbiXaaiijjcc aggkkffaaoobbbXpbb Xggbbbaagg XfjfjXbeebbbbgX XmamXookakaeeaabb XjXbboaXaaoipabbqbbqaX Xbbibiihihkkkkbbii Xea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,8,14,13,11,18,14,11,19,17,18,10,15,17,22,18,11,10,11,13,17,13,16,17,9,13,19,15,21,13,31,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11111101 11111111 111101011 11110111 11111101 11100101 11010101 11110101 11111101 11110101 1 01110101 01110101 010101001 01010101 11010101 11011101 1101011001 1 11110111 110010101 111100111 10110111 11010111 11000101 01011101 1101111 11011101 010101001 11010101 1011100111 101100100 1 11110011 11000101 110110101 101011001 10011111 11010101 11011101 110101001 11010101 11110101 110101101 01110101 1 01010101 11011101 01100101 0110011 11001111 1111101 111011101 11010101 010011001 11010101 1 110101001 01010101 11000101 1011100101 01111111 00010101 11010101 111101001 11111101 10010111 110100101 110000101 11010101 11011111 01010101 11110101 01110101 1 11110101 11010101 11010101 110010101 110101001 11100101 111010101 01011101 101100111 11110101 11011111 010101101 110011101 1 01011101 01010101 01011101 11010010 1010111 01100101 111000101 101100111 111011101 01010111 1 01010101 01010101 11011101 01110110 11011101 111010001 11101010 00100101 01010101 11110111 0110101 1101101 01110101 11000101 01110101 01010101 11111111 11010111 1 11110101 11010011 11011101 01010100 0011101 11011101 11110111 10111010 11010111 00010101 01110101 11011001 11010101 10111101 11011111 011101101 1 010001101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11100101 010100101 11010111 11010101 111011010 1000101010 11110101 10111010 111110101 10010010 11110100 110100101 1011010001 1 111000101 11011111 11011001 110100101 11111111010 10011111 11100101 10110101 10100110101 1 110110111 011100111 01010101 10110111 11110101 11100100101 10010111 11010101 1010101101 1100101100 111110101 11010101 01111101 11110111 1 110110101 11010110 10111101 1011010 010101010 110101010 111101001 11011101 11011101 10110101 11011101 11000101 11011101 01011101 01110101 10010001 1 11110111 1101110 11010111 01010101 1011110 110100111 1111110 11111101 01000101 110001010 01111111 11011100 11010111 11110101 110101001 1101001 11110101 11110111 110111 10111111 11110101 1 01010001 11010101 110111 11110100 110101 11110111 110111 01111111 110101 01111111 110111 11011101 010101 01011101 10011101 10110111 110101001 1 0110101 110001 11010101 010111 010010101 110111 11010101 110101 01011001 101110111 1 11110111 111001001 11110111 1101111 011111000 111100101 10101101 01111101 11010110 1 11110101 111010110 10111111 11011101 1100101101 1100100011 110010101 10111111 01110111 11110101 1 100110011 11110111 101110101 11010101 110100101 1101101010 110100101 110101010 11010101 1011111 11110110 111101101 1 11011101 01011101 11010101 10010111 11010101 01100110 11111101 11001101 111101010 111111010 1100100100 110010100 01010111 01010101 11000101 10110101 1 1110111 01011101 11110101 01010100 11100111 10111101 11110001 11011101 01010111 01100111 1010100101 10110111 1 11010001 10011101 11010111 11010111 111100101 11000101 11001010110 10010001 100110111 101011001 10010101 11101111 010100111 11111101 11011111 1 11010101 11010101 01110111 01110111 1001101010 011101010 111100111 010010101 10110101 1101101011 10111101 100100111 01011101 01110101 01110101 11010101 1 010110101 11010001 110101001 10110101 01110101 11010101 11110101 111101001 1 01010101 11011111 11011101 11110101 01010101 110101001 11000101 110011101 111110001 00011111 11010101 11010101 1 01001101 110010101 10010101 11010111 110101010 111101110 1111 0101 111101001 11010111 1101111 11110100 11110101 10110101 11011111 11010001 11011101 111111010 1 110000101 11010101 110101 10110101 010101 11011101 11010101 1111 0101 010101 01000101 111111 01110100 11110110 1 01010101 10001101001 1101010 1010100101 11011101 1101010 110101011 01111101 1011101 1010101 11011101 11010101 1111100101 1010101 110011100 11010111 111000101 01011001 1100101010 111101010 1 010010101 0100101 01010101 110101 11010101 11011101 0111001110 010101010 11010101 11100101 11010101 11111101 1 01010101 10110011 11010001 10111101 10010101 11000101 10010111 11010111 11110101 110101011 110111001 11010011 11000101 11010110 11010101 11010101 101101001 01010001 11010101 11100100 11111101 010010111 11000101 11110101 11111111 01011101 110010110 01011111 01010111 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 31
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 515
- Average number of words per stanza: 94
- Amount of lines: 465
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, and, that, my, in, love, with, his, he, seem, for, to, of, she, her, each are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, in, the, a, he, his, her, each, nor are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' 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 words/phrases bent, he connect the lines.
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