This is an analysis of the poem A Valentine that begins with:

YE are twa laddies unco gleg,
An' blithe an' bonnie: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbbc daddXX eXeeea fafffa gaggga hchhha XcXXXa fXffXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11110 11111101 11010101 11110101 11011 101100101 01110 1110101101 11111111 11110110 0111 1110101 100010 11111101 010111101 11011111 11110 11110101 11110 1110111 11111101 01011101 11110 11011111 11110 11011101 11110011 11010111 10110 11011111 110111 11111101 01011111 11111101 11110 11110101 11011 11111111 11010001 11110101 11010 11011101 1110 01001111 11010101 11111101 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Valentine;
  • central theme;
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