This is an analysis of the poem Lord Ullin's Daughter that begins with:
A chieftain, to the Highlands bound,
Cries, ``Boatman, do not tarry! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX XXXc dcdc acaX ebeb abeX fgfg aXdc hchX acac igig acac jcjXXigag
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01000101 1101110 11110101 01110010 11011110 0111010 10010101 1011010 11010101 1111010 11111001 1111010 01010111 1111010 11011101 1111010 11010101 1111010 00111101 1111010 11110101 0101110 11011101 11110010 10011101 0101110 100101011 1111010 11110101 1101110 1001111 1101010 111100101 1101110 11010001 1111010 01110101 0101010 11111101 01010100 11110101 0101010 11011101 0111010 11011111 0110010 11011111 1111010 11111101 0101010 11011101 1101110 11011101 0111010 010111001 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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