This is an analysis of the poem The Execution Of Montrose that begins with:

COME hither, Evan Cameron!
Come, stand beside my knee: ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdbdedad dfafghahbcdc fidicaaaaada dahadjkjXede dbfbfjfjXbfb abdbdlglmdid fiXiccfcfgcg dbgbcidicnXn cbnbnalalhih dgXgdhnhXifi dhnhlbcbcaba bobodagamiii Xadaaidijbhb XbabfgEgmbab EiaicbgbXana ccgcfjmjdgag fhkhabnbfbkb iXmacgdgcaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100 110111 11010101 010101 111010101 1110101 1101011 111101 1101010 010101 11110101 010101 111110101 111001 11010111 010011 111110101 010111 11110101 110001 111111101 110101 11011111 101111 01011001 110101 11110111 010101 00010101 110101 11010101 11111 11111101 111101 01001111 110101 11100101 110101 11110101 110101 11110101 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 11010111 111101 01110111 111111 01010101 111101 11011101 010011 11111101 1110101 11001010 111110 01110001 110101 11111111 111111 11010101 110111 01011001 111101 11110101 110101 1101010 110101 11110111 110111 1101110 010101 0101010 1010101 11010111 011101 1110110101 00100101 1101110 110101 01110111 010111 0111010 110011 1010111101 1110101 01010101 1111001 101110101 110111 101010101 110011 110101111 011001 11010101 1101001 11111001 110101 11110101 11011 11010001 111101 11011101 111111 11111111 010111 01101111 010101 11010101 011101 11110101 110101 11010101 101101 01011100 0101001 11100111 0010001 11111101 110111 11011111 110111 110101001 111110 11110101 111111 11110101 010101 111111101 010101 10010101 110011 1010111111 111101 11111101 0111110 1110110101 00101110 111111010 1100101 11111100 110101 0101110 011101 101100011 110101 010101010 0101011 11100101 010001 111010101 110001 11111111 110111 1111010 1101001 01110100 010101 11000101 010101 10101010 110101 1111010 011101 1010011111 0101001 10101010 1011001 10100010 0010101 11101010 1110001 11101010 110101 11100010 1010101 111011111 111101 1101010 1111001 11111010 1111101 11101010 110111 1001010 010111 101110100 110101 11010101 111111 01010100 010111 11110101 010101 11110111 1011101 11011111 010101 110010111 110101 11110101 011111 0101111 10101010 11101010 10001010 11010101 1010101 11110101 11111001 11010101 011101 11010101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 396
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 216
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; his, and, so, by, that, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, there, old, and, so, the are repeated.

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

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