This is an analysis of the poem Gaein And Comin that begins with:
Whan Andrew frae Strathbogie gaed
The lift was lowerin dreary,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXabAaXXa XabacXXAXaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101 01110010 01110101 0111110 01110111 1111010 11010101 1101110 110101010 101010 11110111 1111110 1100101 0111010 110111011 1111110 11110111 10111110 101110111 1101110 110101010 101010 11111111 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word whan at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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