This is an analysis of the poem Beautiful Comrie that begins with:

Ye lovers of the picturesque, away, away!
To beautiful Comrie and have a holiday;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbb ccbb dXeX ddaa ffff aaeX aaaa Xabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110001000101 0100100110101 11001001010101 1010001111001 0101001000110001 010000101010111 11101110101001 110101001010001 11100010011101 00100100101000 0110010101010100 11111100011101000 01010010010101 1000111000110010 1010110011001 1010101001100011101 111101010101 11001100101 1001001010001 010100101001 1010011111 011010111 110110101010 10111010111101 110100110111 10101011100011 11101011010011101 1110001000101 0100100110100 1011001010111 101001010110101 1011110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, away are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Beautiful Comrie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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