This is an analysis of the poem Robert Burns that begins with:
Immortal Robert Burns of Ayr,
There's but few poets can with you compare;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXdd bbXXcc ddaa Xbcb XXdd eeaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010101 1111010101 10110111101 010001000101 11010110010010 11011111 111010001 11010000101 11010101 0110010 1100100000101 11011101 1111101 1011010111111 111011101 11110001 01010101 1101101010 0110100001 10100010101 101010101011 1101111010 0110001111 111011111 1100101 010101110111 0101011101 11001010110101 1101100101110001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, and, of 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 your at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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