This is an analysis of the poem The Den O' Fowlis that begins with:

Beautiful Den o' Fowlis, most charming to be seen
In the summer season, when your trees are green;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaab ccdd eecc eeaa ffgg hhii bacc Xccc ggXd eXeeXeegg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001110110001 00101011111 010000111101 111011001011 110010101100101 10101010011 1010100110111 10111011101 101010111 11110011101 001001111010 10011101110010 1010111 0010100101 10010011011 01001010111 10101101001 100101101 01111111 1001001001 111001011101 101010010100101 11101111 1111111110111 01011100101 0100110100011 101010001 1010000100011011 000100100101110 111010101 0101110101 10111111101 001010101101 010111110011 1101011111 1101010110001 10010100011001 001101010100 101010101101 001001111 1010111101111 0010011000111 111010101001101 11010001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and 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 there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Den O' Fowlis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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