This is an analysis of the poem Extempore Effusion Upon The Death Of James Hogg that begins with:

. When first, descending from the moorlands,
I saw the Stream of Yarrow glide... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbbabcaXa bdXd beXe dbcb cXaX deXe bfbf Xgbg abXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100011 11010101 010111010 01010111 110101110 11111001 110101011 11010101 010101110 110010111 110101010 11010101 110101110 01010101 11001010010 110101001 011001010 010110101 110101010 11000101 111101010 11111101 111101010 01100101 111101010 010010101 010111010 1010111000 110101010 11000111 110111110 11010101 101101010 11110111 1011100010 11010101 110111010 110011101 101101010 11000101 110101010 11011111 010101010 1101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

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

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