This is an analysis of the poem The Dirge Of Wallace that begins with:

When Scotland's great Regent, our warrior most dear,
The debt of his nature did pay, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX efef gdXd edeed baba hbhhX ijij ekeek eeeee XbgX gXgge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,5,5,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110110110011 01001001 111001011001 11001001 101001001001 11001001 11011001011 010101001100 1101011011 11001011 01001001001 01001001 1100101101 11011001 1011010011010 01111011 10100101101 0011100101 1010100101 1010110101 0100101 1110111101 10101111 1110100101 10100101 1011111101 0101100101 0100111101 1011101011 110010 111010110010 10110111 101001111010 01001001 101011111 1011100101 11011101011 1101110101 1011101 111100101111 00101100101 101111011011 101111111001 11001001 1101110100000 1011101 0101100101 110010 101001011001 0110001010010 001101001011 101011101001 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

    The author used the same words at, when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Dirge Of Wallace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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