This is an analysis of the poem Sir Macklin that begins with:

Of all the youths I ever saw
None were so wicked, vain, or silly,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efeX ghGH iXiX jfjf XkfX XXjX ldld gXgX ghGH kmXm ghGH XmXm cncn XjcXXjdjd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011101 101101110 11011101 110111110 110010111 111111010 01110111 010111010 11010101 010101010 00010001 11010000 110100101 111111111 11011101 110101011 11011101 010100010 11010101 110111110 10101110101 010110111 1101110101 010101111 1010010100 110101010 11110101 110100010 1010100010 0100011100 11010101 110101110 101010111 010011010 11110101 010101010 101110101 0100010100 11010101 01010100000 01010101 111101111 11011101 110101011 10101110111 111111010 0100111100 111011010 0100100111 011101011 11011101 110101011 10101110111 110011110 011101110 111011010 11001101 001100010 11110101 111101010 010101010 011101010 11010101 1101010100 01010101 010100010 1010010101 111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, he, argued, my, of, you are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

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