This is an analysis of the poem The Lord Of The Isles: Canto Ii. that begins with:

I.
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbccXcdd Xaaaaddeeffccaaabba Xggccahbbffaabbahcc XiiigjjjgbXkkffflfX aXfmXjjmccannamma aiiaccaiiXbbddnffniinhih XbbffbXmbfffdjjX XbbmaamjjllcddXbbjjbabX XfXbbccodddoXcff iaafddfddddXcpkknnjjfjjXmm a X bbiiggcc ffqqffcc X B mmiibbfX jjmmXXfX X B bblla
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,19,19,19,17,24,16,23,16,26,1,1,8,8,1,1,8,8,1,1,8,8,28,23,17,21,19,29,27,23,13,18,15,18,29,19,33,31,13,17,38,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1011010101 1001010101 1011010101 1111010101 1111010001 0011010101 10010111001 1101010101 110101110101 1 01010101 01110111 01010101 11100101 010101101 11011101 01011111 01011101 11111101 11011101 11110101 11011101 11111101 110101001 111111 11110101 11110001 110001 1 11010101 10111101 0101010001 110101001 10110101 11011100 11010101 11010101 110001001 11110101 01011101 01011101 11010101 01001101 11111101 11010100 11010011 01011101 1 11110101 11101111 11010101 1100101 010010001 110110101 01011101 100101 11010111 11110100 10110101 01010101 110010101 11010101 01111101 010111 01001101 101101 1 10111101 10011101 100101 01010111 11010101 11011101 0100101 11010001 11010101 011101 11010101 10110111 110101 11110011 10010101 100101 1 10010101 11111101 100111 110010101 11110101 110101 11011111 11110011 110101 01011101 01000101 01111111 10011101 110101 11111101 11110101 111101 11010101 10111011 11010101 110100 11110011 101100 1 11110101 11010101 11010101 01111101 110101 11010100 010101011 1011001 10110111 11110111 1110111001 111101 11110101 11110111 010111 1 1101101 11011101 011101 11010101 11111111 110101 10010101 10010101 01010111 11010101 110111 11010101 010101101 1011010 110001001 01110101 01010111 110001001 01011101 01011111 01010111 11011100 1 01011101 101010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01010111 110111 00110111 00010101 10110101 010111 101101110 110011101 11110101 01110101 1 11010111 11010101 010101 11011101 10010111 111111 11111111 01010111 01111101 010100111 010001 10010101 1101001010 10010101 01010101 11111101 11010101 10111101 01010001 110101 11110101 01110101 0101010 11101101 010101001 1 0101 1010101 11010101 1110101 1010101 10101010 11111110 1011101 1010101 11111010 00100010 1011001 1101101 00100101 1111101 110101011 01011101 1 1010 1110101 1011101 1011111 1010001 1010111 10010111 1010111 1010101 1011111 1010111 1011001 1010101 1010110 10101100 10100111 10101001 1 1010 1110101 1010101 1100101 1010101 1001101 10100011 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010111 1110101 1110101 1010101 11101001 1 11010101 10110111 11110101 010100001 11011101 11011101 11010111 11111100 101111001 01110101 11111111 01011111 11011111 01110111 11110101 11010111 11011001 11010111 11011101 11010101 10110101 11011101 11010111 01001101 110100101 11010101 011100010 1 11100111 110011101 11101101 11110111 11010110 10111111 10001111001 11010111 01010011 101000101 10110001 110111001 11111101 11010101 110101001 01011101 11110101 110110111 0101001011 0111101 11111111 11011101 1 111100111 010001101 100010101 110100101 11011101 11010101 11010101 00011111 10110101 010011111 11011101 11010101 110010111 10010101 110111001 11010111 1 11001001 10010101 11110101 1011101 10010101 11010100 11110101 01010111 111101101 11011101 11010011 110010101 11011111 11110101 01010101 11110101 110100101 100101001 11110111 11011101 1 11111101 11111101 11010101 1100011001 110100101 01010101 111000101 01111111 11010101 101100101 11110101 11010111 11010101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11010101 01010001 1 11010101 11010111 10010111 01010101 11010101 11011101 110111010 110010010 11010111 11111111 01010101 10111101 11110101 10010101 11010101 11111101 01011101 10110101 01110101 11010101 10010101 01011101 11111101 11110101 11110101 01001101 110110101 010001001 1 11010101 0100001001 01011101 11111101 11111101 01110001 11110111 11011101 11010101 11010001 010100101 1001101010 11101101 11000101 11011101 11011101 01010111 11010101 11010101 1111001011 11010101 01011101 01010101 11011101 011100011 01011101 1 110010101 01011101 10110100 11110101 11110101 00110101 110101111 110111001 110101 10111101 0101101 111001 01111101 10010011 010101 11111111 11010101 01110111 0101001 1110101 10010101 010111100 1 100101110 11010101 0110101 110011101 010011001 1100101 11111001 11011101 110101 11000101 11011111 100101 1 01010111 10010101 11010101 01101 10011101 01011101 011100111 010111 11111101 11001001 11000 11101101 111001101 111101 01011101 11110011 100111 1 110101001 11110001 1101101 1101101 11010101 010101 01111101 101010101 11110111 110011111 11010111 01010101 11110101 110101010 1 11010101 11011101 11011101 11110101 110101001 11111101 1010110001 110101010 11110100 11110101 01010101 10110100 01010111 00101101 11110101 01010111 11010101 1 11010101 110101001 110011101 110001101 111001010 111101001 10010111 11010101 11010110 01010101 11011101 11010101 11011011 11010111 11010111 110100100 11101101 11010111 11110101 01110011 11010101 100100101 11010101 01010101 11011101 01110111 11010111 010101110 1 11111001 11110101 11011111 110111001 11110111 1001001100 011101101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11001001 01010101 11111101 01011101 10111100 10011101 10110101 110111100 1 01010101 01010101 11110101 11010111 01000101 11010101 11010111 10110111 01011101 11011111 11011101 11011101 010001011 01010001 11010101 110011101 10100101 110100111 110010111 11111001 11110111 01010111 11110111 11110101 11010011 110110101 11110101 111100001 1001011001 11000111 1101011 011000101 1 10010111 01100111 011001111 11010101 11010101 11111111 01110101 11010111 010010011 11011111 110111010 101110001 11110101 11010001 010111001 11110101 11000101 110010111 110011101 1101101 110100101 01010111 11100111 11010111 10010111 01010101 10010111 11001101 11111111 111111010 1 11110001 01010101 110010101 01000101 01011111 10011101 110111001 10010101 100111001 01010101 11010101 01010111 1 11110101 01110111 111111110 01110111 11010001 111101001 1101111 010101001 01110111 01010001 01110101 11110111 1000011101 11111101 1111000101 11010111 1 011111001 01011111 01010101 110010101 11010101 1100101110 010100101 11010111 01010101 11111101 10011001 10010101 01001101 01000101 10110111 01110101 10111011 11010111 010101001 11110101 11010001 010010101 11010101 110101001 010101111 11111101 01111101 11010101 101110101 11110111 101101010 11011010 010100101 11001111 100010001 01011101 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 41
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 560
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 677
  • 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; if, with, and, of, their, by, how, her, thy, my, his, he, to, it, on, in, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, and, as, her, vain, each, 'the, his, by, the, it, again are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words ', lorn 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 bless'd connects the lines.

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