This is an analysis of the poem Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 Xii. Yarrow Unvisited that begins with:
FROM Stirling castle we had seen
The mazy Forth unravelled;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcXXcX adadcece Xfcfcebe gXgXaehe XdhdXeae hihijeje akakkege lmlmjejX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 01011000 11010111 1001110 11110100 1111010 100011101 1101010 11011101 1101010 11010111 1100010 11011101 1111010 11010001 1101010 101010101 1101011 110010101 01001010 11010101 1101110 11010101 0101010 11010101 1101110 11010111 1100110 11110111 1111110 11100101 1111010 11111101 1101010 11010101 1101010 101011101 1101010 11111011 0001010 110111101 0101111 01111101 1101111 10110011 0111010 01001111 1101110 11010101 0111110 11010011 1111010 01010111 1101010 11111111 1001010 11010011 11001110 11010101 1101010 11011101 1110110 11110101 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; had, we, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word yarrow at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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