This is an analysis of the poem The Auld Wife's Lament that begins with:
This warld o' ours has been lang in a low!
I wonder wha bred the beginning o't?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbbbX XXXXcccX dXXXXXXX XXcXeeeX dXXXbbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111101001 1101100101 11101101101 1110100101 11011101101 1111011011 11011111111 1111110101 11111111111 1111111101 11111011111 0111111101 11011011111 11101011001 110101111011 110001010101 11011111111 1110100101 11101111110 1111010101 110110011011 11110110111 11111111101 1111110101 11101111111 1101100101 010101101101 1110110101 110110110011 11001111101 1110111111 1101110101 11111111011 0110100101 111111110111 0101110101 11111011111 111110110111 01111011111 1101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 40
- 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:
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; our, o', they, we're, and, wi', up are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, they, we're are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word o't at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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