The Maid Of Toro by Sir Walter Scott: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Maid Of Toro that begins with:

O, low shone the sun on the fair lake of Toro,
And weak were the whispers that waved the dark wood,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccX ddddefef cXcagag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011011010 11001011011 110110010010 101001011001 110010011010 111010010010 11001111001 110110010010 001011001011 1011011010110 101011011001 10111011110 10010010011 11011011110 1101011101 111111110110 111111110001 1011111110010 11110010010 111110100001 110111011010 11011001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Maid Of Toro;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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