This is an analysis of the poem The Twa Corbies that begins with:

As I was walking all alane,
I heard twa corbies making a mane;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX Xbcc XXbb aXcc aXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 111101001 01100101 1011111010 10101111 11110111 110011111 101011101 101000101 01010111 010100101 11111101 10110111 111101011 11110101 11111011 100011111 11111101 10111111 011111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Twa Corbies;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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