This is an analysis of the poem Montrose that begins with:

Beautiful town of Montrose, I will now commence my lay,
And I will write in praise of thee without dismay,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXcc cddaaeeXXeeeddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10010111010111 110101010101 1010111 10100111011 11001100100001 1001010100101 10101110 11011010011010 11101100110000110100101101 11110101101011 101000110100101 1110110110001 1111010001001 01001111 1010111101 01100101011001010 100101111011 01111111 11101010101 01110101101 1010001111100101 1001000111011 010010010101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 402
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (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; of, and, beautiful are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, which are repeated.

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

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