This is an analysis of the poem Loch Ness that begins with:

Beautiful Loch Ness,
The truth to express,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccXXdbbbbbbdeeddeaaffbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 01001 11111011 0111011001010101 11000010 0111010 0101110 11111001001 111101 101001111 101101 0100101 10110101011 10100101000101 11101 01011 00100111001 11101001 01010100101 101110001 11101010101111 110101100001 110011 1101001 11101100001 01101111011 111100111001 110011111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1048
  • Average number of words per stanza: 190
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Loch Ness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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