This is an analysis of the poem Lament For The Makers that begins with:

I THAT in heill was and gladness
Am trublit now with great sickness ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXB ccbB cXbB ddXB XXbB XXcB XXXB XXXB XabB XXbB XXcB eeXB ddbB XXXB XXXB XfbB XXbB XXbB XfXB XXbB gXbB XXXB cXbB XgbB gXbB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 11010110 1100100 10101001 110101110 011011010 01010101 10101001 010111110 111111110 110101101 10101001 110111010 100110010 1100110 10101001 100111100 1010011000 11110101 10101001 1100100001 10010111 10101110 10101001 11100010 1010100110 0110100 10101001 1100100001 01010001 01001101 10101001 110111010 11100100 01011111 10101001 1100011000 10010001100 010110001 10101001 0100011000 10100011000 01011110 10101001 1111001001 10111001101 1001110 10101001 111100010 01010010010 0101011011 10101001 00110100 1010110 1111001 10101001 110011110 10111110 11010110 10101001 1011011100 011110110 11011001 10101001 10101111 110100010 11011011 10101001 111101101 10010101 101010111 10101001 11110010 10011101 11110101 10101001 11110100 11010100 1101000111 10101001 01001111 01010100 11011011 10101001 11111100 010101101 01011011 10101001 01010100 01011100 11001110 10101001 11111101 10111101 01110110 10101001 11011001 10111110 10111111 10101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; now, in, his, so, death are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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