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

All ye tourists who wish to be away
From the crowded city for a brief holiday;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbb bbcc ccdd Xaee bbdd bbbX ffgg abhh hfai Xajj kkii eellXggcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1110110001 001010101101 0101010101101 10100101100101 10010100010100101 1010001011000110 111010101101011 0111000101011011001 110110010101 10100100110101 11000100010101 0111010011011 010001110101100 1101001110001 1110100100101 011101001101001 1110101110101 1001010010011011 110101110111 11011010101 11101100010101 110010110101010001 0110111111011 111010100010111 00101000100100001 0100001111111 011101110100101 0010100100011011 101001001001001 0101100011011101 110000011100101 011100100010111 010001001001000101 1010001010101 1001011110001 0100001011011100 1101011001010 110011100010001 101010110101001 1010101011011101 110100011010101 1111010101011011 0001011010100 1101010010110100 110010011001 1001110011101 1111010111010001 110100010101 1001010110101001 101010100000100100 10101101010011 1111101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (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, of, in are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and 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 there is repeated).

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