This is an analysis of the poem The Fair Maid Of Perth's House that begins with:

All ye good people, afar and near,
To my request pray lend an ear;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc aaXd eecc ddff aagg ddhh aaddXcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110100111 01011111 10111010101 11011100011 100111101 11011110101 110101101 11100101 11010101101 101110101 10101010111 1101001011011 11110101 10111111 001010001 101001011001 011111001 1101101011 1001111110101 111010111 1111111101001 100111001111 01110011101 111010010011 0010000100100001 101100011101 10110100110 0111001010 110100111101 1100101100101 11011110101 110010011100100 0100010101 011001010101 1010010100 111010000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; and, in are repeated.

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

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