This is an analysis of the poem The Island Of The Scots that begins with:

I.
The Rhine is running deep and red,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdXefbffgdX X ebhbijfjklgX X XglghgmggbhblcdcglbX X bbdbhlnldamafagaoX a gabahaojbjafpfqjhjcbdbhfafigbg a elflcbbbdfbficlcfgagicbcbbhbrkfXagfX X bbbbicfccgbX X jjhjiXcbjdfdbckcdghX X kfofimXminjnobkbjbXbbfjf h lkmkbcecsgiggbsbhbggigdgdggbdbfcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,12,1,20,1,18,1,30,1,36,1,12,1,20,1,24,1,34,1,34,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010111 010101 10110101 0101010 11010101 110111 01110101 111111 11100101 111101 10110001 010101 1 11010111 010111 11111101 110101 11010111 0101011 11111101 011101 11010111 110111 11011101 111101 1 11011100 011101 11110111 010101 11111101 011101 110010101 110101 11110101 110101 101011101 1110101 11010111 111101 110100101 110101 01010111 011111 11010001 110101 1 01100101 110011 1110001001 010001 11010001 111111 1101010010 111111 11111001 111101 01000111 010101 01000101 1101001 11011101 010101 11110100 010101 1 11010101 110011 111100101 111101 01000101 110101 11011100 110101 11110111 010101 11110101 011111 10010101 1101101 11110101 1100111 110110101 1101001 11110111 111101 01010001 111111 11110111 1100111 01011101 110101 11110101 111101 11110101 111101 1 11111111 110001 11010101 110011 011111001 111101 11011101 110101 11011001 110111 01010101 111101 11111111 110011 11110101 010101 11011101 111101 11011101 111111 11010110 011111 11011111 011101 11111111 111101 01010101 110111 01110101 010101 01111101 100101 110111001 110111 01010011 110011 1 11110101 111101 11000101 111101 11010111 110111 111111001 111101 11010111 111101 11010101 1001101 1 11010101 110101 010100101 111101 11010101 1111000 0101101 110101 11110101 110101 11111101 1100101 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 11110001 110011 101010111 1100010 1 11101110 1010101 10111010 1010001 11111010 1000101 11111010 1010001 101010100 11101010 10101010 11111010 10111110 1010101 11101110 0010101 1111010 110101 100111000 110101 1101010 110101 01110101 110101 1 01010111 010101 01011101 11101 11011101 110101 11011101 010111 11010101 100101 1101001001 011101 110101010 110101 11010101 1100101 01110101 110101 11010001 111101 11010111 111101 11010111 1100101 11011101 111111 01010101 11011001 01010101 011101 111110101 1101001 01010001 0100101 1 10110101 111111 10110111 111111 110111000 11101 11110101 110101 01110111 110101 010101001 1101001 01010101 010111 11111101 010111 110111001 0100101 11001111 111101 11010100 110111 11011101 111101 0110001 111111 11010101 111101 110111001 110111 11110111 010101 01011101 111100 1 10110101 0100101 110010101 110011 11010111 110101 01011101 010101 110100101 011101 110100001 111111001 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 288
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, our, have, those, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, no, as, rise, again, a, why, for are repeated.

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