This is an analysis of the poem Lines In Praise Of Mr. J. Graham Henderson, Hawick that begins with:

Success to Mr J. Graham Henderson, who is a good man,
And to gainsay it there's few people can,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc ccdd eecc aadd dddd ffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 010101110010001 1011011101 1110110100 1010000101 1000111001 11010010101 0111010101010001 101010001001 0100101101001 1011110011 010010111 101011111 11001110011 11101001010101 0101100111001 00101101101101 10101001010101011010 1101100101010 00111011 1100010110 11010011101 1101011011010 1111100111 10101101001 1010101101 10010100111001 11110100011 0110010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, and are repeated.

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

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