This is an analysis of the poem A Tribute To Mr J. Graham Henderson, The World's Fair Judge that begins with:
Thrice welcome home to Hawick, Mr J. Graham Henderson,
For by your Scotch tweeds a great honour you have won;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc bbcc ccdd eeaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010101011100 111110110111 10100110011011 1100101001010100111 110101010101011 11100100110101 11011011110100 1111110111 11011110010111 1110100111111001 111010100010111 1010111010111 01111010101 1101110101011 11101110011 0111110111001 1111010001011 11101111001 011101010101 1011011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, and are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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