This is an analysis of the poem Scotch Song that begins with:

Oh, forth she went like a braw, braw bride
To meet her winsome groom,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cded cdeX XeeX bXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111110111 010101 1110101101 110001 010100111 110111 10101011101 111101 11110111 110111 111101011 1111110 110110101 0110101 10111101011 0101110 11110101 1101101 11011101 111111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; whaur is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Scotch Song;
  • central theme;
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