This is an analysis of the poem The Twa Sisters that begins with:
There liv'd twa sisters in a bower,
Hey Edinbruch, how Edinbruch.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXABaB cXcBcB DXDBdB bXbBXX XXXBeB fXfBeB gXgBgX HXHBhB FXFBfB hXhBeX IXIBiB JXJBjB JXJBjB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100010 11001100 111100010 1011 01010111010 1011011011 1101101 11001100 1101101 1011 1100110101 1011011011 110100111 11001100 110100111 1011 11100101011 1011011011 11010011001 11001100 11010011001 1011 1101110 1011011011 010110101 11001100 010110101 1011 01010100 1011011011 110101111 11001100 110101111 1011 11111101 1011011011 11010111 11001100 11010111 1011 11100101 1011011011 1111111 11001100 1111111 1011 01110111 1011011011 010101101 11001100 010101101 1011 111101111 1011011011 110100111 11001100 110100111 1011 11001010111 1011011011 11110101 11001100 11110101 1011 110110101 1011011011 11110101 11001100 11110101 1011 11011111 1011011011 11101001 11001100 11101001 1011 11101110101 1011011011
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 78
- 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; sister, she are repeated.
The author used the same words there, 'oh, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word tay at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Twa Sisters;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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