This is an analysis of the poem The Prinkin' Leddie that begins with:
The Hielan' lassies are a' for spinnin',
The Lowlan' lassies for prinkin' and pinnin'; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX bbcc aXdX eeXX XXee ddXd aaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101011110 01010110110 11111111110 0111110101 1111110010 11011110110 010011011010 1101010110 01101101110 1011110101 1011111010110 110110111110 1111110110 111011011010 1111011010 10101011110 101101101010 10111101010 10111110010 1101111010 10111101010 10111101110 110011110110 01111001110 01001110010 11101101010 0100100111 00100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', o' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i've, when are repeated.
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- summary of The Prinkin' Leddie;
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- idea of the verse;
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