This is an analysis of the poem Bobbie that begins with:

Gin you're gangin' doon the city
Come next Sabbath afternoon,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbXcXcbcac XdXdebXbXbaf Xeeecfafedad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 1110101 11101110 1110101 11101110 10101011 11111010 10110111 10101010 1111101 11111110 1011101 10111110 1010101 00110010 1011101 10111110 1011101 10101010 1010111 10101010 1010101 00101010 0010101 11110010 1110111 11110010 1011111 10101010 1010101 10101110 1010101 11111010 1110101 11111010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; an', he are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Bobbie;
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