This is an analysis of the poem On The Death Of David Doig, Ll. D. Master Of The Grammar School, Stirling that begins with:
He's gane! - he's gane! - ah! welladay!
The spirit's flown that warm'd the clay!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaabab cccdcd eeeaeX fffgfg hhhXhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111100 01011101 01111101 1111 100111101 1101 01111111 110011101 111111001 11010 11110001 0110 01101111 010011101 11010101 0101 11011101 1101 01101111 11110101 110100111 1101 10011111 0101 11111001 11011101 01010101 1111 0101101101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 30
- 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:
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; wi' is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, nae, in, wi' are repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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