This is an analysis of the poem Song At The Feast Of Brougham Castle Upon The Restoration O that begins with:

, High in the breathless Hall the Minstrel sate,
And Emont's murmur mingled with the Song.--... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccaabbaaddcceeffddd ddddaaggbbeh cciXjjbbiiddccddkkk lleeddaakkmmnndXd eemmiiddddeeaaX bBnnnnkknnaXeee kkbBggiiffllaaeh kkehiiehaaaXbbddeeaaiioonnmmddehccddkkX pdpd eXen mdmd Xgkgk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,12,19,17,15,15,16,39,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010101 1101010001 0101011101 0101110101 10101010010 011001010 01000101 01100111 110111001 11010100 11010111 01110001 011011110 111101110 11011100 100100110 01011101 10110101 11011101 010010001 11000101 11011101 01000101 101010111 10110101 110010101 11100101 11111101 0110101 11011101 11000101 11011101 11010100 111001101 01001100 1010101010 110001010 11110111 11010101 11100101 00010111 010011010 100101010 01011111 01010101 11110111 010010101 111101010 110101010 11001111 11111101 01010011 01010101 11010101 10010101 1010011 1011111 1110101 1110101 1010101 1010001 1000101 1000111 1111101 0011001 00101011 1010101 1010100 1010101 11101000 1010101 101011101 11010101 11111111 11010101 10011101 01010101 101110101 11010111 11011111 11111001 01011101 01100101 101111101 11101111 110101010 100110111 11001101 0111010001 111000101 110101101 0100001001 11010101 01010011 11101111 1001101 11010101 10111010 01110111 11110111 11000111 101011101 11000101 11110111 11001101 01110001 11010101 11010101 11110101 01110110 11010101 01010111 11010101 01010111 11010111 11111101 11110100 0010111 1110011 01010111 11011100 110010111 11010111 01010001 0110100 11010111 10111001 11011101 01010100 11100101 10011101 1110101 11011101 010100111 01011000 10110111 01110101 1010101 1011101 1110101 1110101 1010001 1010101 1010101 1100101 0010001 11111001 10110010 1101100 10111010 11100010 1110111 0011001 1010101 1010001 11101010 01001010011 11101010111 1111010101 1100010111 1111011111 0101010111 0101000101 0110010101 0101010001 0111010101 1011110101 0101010011 10011100101 01011100111 1101011101 10110010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 178
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to, mother, and, his, of, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, yonder, to, the, and, like, how are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase field connects the lines.

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