This is an analysis of the poem The Highland Broach that begins with:
If to Tradition faith be due,
And echoes from old verse speak true,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbeeffeeXeXbbddbbgghh ccddccddXccciiccjj kkeebbgellggcc aammddnnddffiieejj ddffaaccoojj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,18,14,18,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00010101 11001111 10111101 1100101 11010101 01010001 01110101 101010101 11110001 010000101 11010101 110111001 11010101 110010101 110011101 01110101 01001111 10010101 11010111 11111101 01111101 11000101 100100101 11100101 10110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 001010101 10010101 101010101 11010111 01011111 01011101 010101011 11011001 110100101 110101001 11011101 11011100 11010101 110101001 11000101 110001001 11011101 01010101 11000101 11000101 111101001 01010001 11110101 111101001 11 010 1110 010001010 01111101 11011100 110100101 01010111 11010111 11110111 110111001 11000101 111001111 01010111 10111101 01111111 11011101 10111101 10110111 11011101 110101111 11011101 110100101 01010001 11011101 01001101 11011101 11001111 101111001 11110111 11011101 11000101 11110101 10110001 11010110 11010100 110100001 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 91
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; by, and, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, or are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word broach at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Highland Broach;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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