This is an analysis of the poem The Two Sisters that begins with:
There was twa sisters in a bowr,
Edinburgh, Edinburgh...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXa bb cc Xd eX dd XX fX Xf XX ff gg cX hh dX ii ff iX if dd XX eX ff ff dd bX XX fX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110001 10001000 11110001 1011 11110001 11010011 101101011 1100101111 1110100111 1100101111 11010101 0101111 11100101 00011111 11111101 01010111 11010101 101010111 1111011010 11010111 11010111 01010101 01011100 11010101 110101001 101010111 111110111 1010101110 11111111010 101010111 111110011100 101011111 01111101 101011101 1111011000 011110111 111111011 11010101 11011100 101010111 1100111010 01010101 11110110 11010101 11111011 11010101 110101111 11010101 11011111 11110101 1100111 110111001 11110101 111110101 11010111 01110111 110000110010 01011111 110000110010 01011111 1101101100
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; her, sister, my, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, the are repeated.
The author used the same words he, o, you, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Two Sisters;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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