This is an analysis of the poem The Convict's Return that begins with:

Ye mountains and glens of fair Scotland I'm with ye once again,
During my absence from ye my heart was like to break in twain;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb acbc daXa eecdcXaede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110110001101 101100111110101 1111011101111 101101011001101 111011101 1011010 01101011 1011100 110110110 110000001 11110010 110111 1111011 011100 1101001 11110101 1010001001100 111010111001 010111 101010111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; ye, my, and, to are repeated.

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

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