This is an analysis of the poem Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 Xii. Sonnet Composed At ---- Castle that begins with:
DEGENERATE Douglas! oh, the unworthy Lord!
Whom mere despite of heart could so far please,... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacbabac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 010010100101 1101011111 1101010101 1101111111 0100010101 0101010001 10110111011 10011110101 0101111101 01001010111 1111010101 1101010111 1011010101 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 623
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
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