This is an analysis of the poem The Fire At Tranter Sweatley's that begins with:

They had long met o' Zundays--her true love and she--
And at junketings, maypoles, and flings; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaaab cdXcXd edeXX Xdcccd fdXfd eceec gbXggb bbXbXb eXeec fhfffh dddddX XidiiXd agaaag ceccce dedddX abaaab Xeaae Xgaaag ccaccccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,5,6,5,5,6,6,5,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,5,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111111001111 1110010011 111101001011 111111101010 101001011101 01011011011 11011101 1110110101111 101101101 111011110110 01011101011 01101001001 11011001 01011101011 01011111 01011111111 0111101010110 011011001 01011011111 001001001 11001101111 110011001011 01001011001 101011001 01101011111 101011001 101111001101 101111011001 11101001 011110001001 11001011 101011011001 11111011111 111111011 11011101101 1111011 1110010110100 0010010110011 11001101001 0101101 01101011011 101101001 01101001101 11110011101 101101101101 101110111 11111101101 01111010 001001001001 101001011011 001101011 101111111110 101111111 111011111011 111001001101 111010110011 001001011 1011111111011 1011111101 11001011011 11011111001 11011111111 011110110 11101010110 11011101001 1011110011 101101001011 101101101111 101101001010 101101011 1010011011011 110010001 11010101011 11111101111 101011101101 111011001 11011011111 111001011 11111011001 11101101101 111001111101 10111010 111101111110 11011001 111001110011 11001011001 1010101011011 0011111010 001011011011 1001111001 11101001011 110110001001 011101101001 111001011 10001001111101010 10001001101 101100100110001 11001001011 11111101 10101101110110 101001001 101101111111 11101101101 11011011011 101001011 11001011111 001001101001 111111001 101101011001 101101011011 111001111011 101100100111001 111010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 113
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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, her, so, to, o', he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, can, and, where's are repeated.

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

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