This is an analysis of the poem Written In A Blank Leaf Of Macpherson's Ossian that begins with:

OFT have I caught, upon a fitful breeze,
Fragments of far-off melodies,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeaaffggXhddhhiijjbbddaacckkffllmmnniihhaaffeehhjjhhaaaahhcchhoohhppllhhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 82,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111010101 10011100 01110001 01110101 10110111 11010101 11011111 01010001 110111011 01000011 11101101 01010101 11000101 01000100 111001010 010001010 10010010 01011101 01100001 11010101 01010101 01110001 010001001 01111111 11011101 11011101 11110001 01010100 110100101 010101011 10111111 10010001 11010101 11110101 00010100 00010100 11010001 110100011 1010001 010101001 01010011 11011101 11111101 01010101 11011001 11000101 11110111 01110101 010100111 10011101 10111101 11011111 110100111 11010101 111100101 11011101 11010101 01010101 010100101 01000111 100010101 100100100 10011101 011101001 11010111 01000101 11011101 11010111 11001101 11010101 01010101 11010111 10010101 101010101 11000101 11011111 01110101 11010101 01010111 1000101 11000101 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2819
  • Average number of words per stanza: 489
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 is repeated.

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

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