This is an analysis of the poem Ellen Mcjones Aberdeen that begins with:
MACPHAIRSON CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS McCLAN
Was the son of an elderly labouring man;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabb XcaX ddXd ccXA bbeX ffaa bbff eXaA ccgX XaXA aabX hhgg ddgg bXaA ccaX ccaA ggbb XaaA Xedd bbaX XdaA
- 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,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1001000101 101011001001 11101011011 11101011011 001011001010 111011001001 11001101011 11101000101 1101111001 01101001101 11111101001 01001011001 11001011101 101001011001 01001101001 01001010101 1111101001 11001001101 11011001101 101011001010 10101001001 01101001001 10001011001 10001001001 01001101001 111001001011 101001111001 111001101011 10001011111 11011001010 01001101001 01001010101 100010001011 01011111011 01101111101 1101100100110 1100101001 01010001111 11001100111 01001010101 1010111001001 101111101001 11011111001 101100010110110 11101000011000 101101101101 1100101101 010010010011 011011011101 01001001001 011001011001 11001001011 01001101001 110010010110 101011001101 01001010101 101011011001 11111101001 11101111011 01110001010 01001011001 01001001101 11011001101 01001010101 11001001001 11011011011 10111001011 01010001001 1100101101 11101111001 01101101001 01001010101 010011001010 0101010001001 11101101001 110011001001 1010011001001 101011101011 01001001001 01101011010 1111110101100 111001111111 01001001011 01001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; with, and, to, it, gather, hech, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, oh are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word air at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase torbay connects the lines.
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