This is an analysis of the poem Loch Leven that begins with:
Beautiful Loch Leven, near by Kinross
For a good day's fishing the angler is seldom at a loss,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabbcc ddee cccX eeee Xaff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001101110 100110010010101 1010010111 1101101001101 1010001001100001 010001001101010111 1101010110101 1010110111 1101011100101 100110101001000101 01101001010001 001001010101111 110010010110110101 01010100011011 1010101011101010 1010111010 110001000101 11110100100011 110110011110 101111100101 101111001001 1011010010001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 22
- 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; for, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, and are repeated.
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- summary of Loch Leven;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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