This is an analysis of the poem Glenara that begins with:
O, heard ye yon pibroch sound sad in the gale,
Where a band cometh slowly with weeping and wail?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc bbdd XXcc XceX XddX ffeX ccdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11111011001 101101001011 101010001101 1010101011001 10011001011 01011011101 11111001001 11101011101 01011101011 001101111011 11111011001 11111110001 11111111011 11111011111 11011011001 111001001001 11011011001 101001011011 11011111001 10010011111 11101011011 1011100111011 101001011001 101111011001 11011011001 11101101001 101001011001 10010011111 01101011001 101001101011 001001011001 11001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, they, ye, dreamt, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
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- summary of Glenara;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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