This is an analysis of the poem Auld Lang Syne that begins with:
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbAX XXaX XcaX d XcaX d ccbX d XcXXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,4,1,4,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010001 110101 11010001 1111 10111111 1111 11011101 1111 11010111 110101 111011101 1111 10 11110101 110101 1110100101 1111 10 11110001 110111 11011111 1111 10 11011101 110111 111011101 1111 10
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 76
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; auld, for, syne, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word syne at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Auld Lang Syne;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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