This is an analysis of the poem The Waes O' War : Or The Upshot Of The History O' Will And Jean that begins with:
Oh! that folk wad weel consider
What it is to tyne a-name,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcac defe XgXg Xhih jcXc jkXk lmlm acaX dede enen njXj jgjg Xeje ajaj ojnj pcpc acac XXiX iniX oXoX OXoX XeXX OXog ajaj XXie X eqeq alal oeoe ekXk XXXl ajaj XXXl ceXe irir ljlj leXe oeoe aqaq jlXl XXiX jeje Xnin fgfg acac icXc cbcX clcl X eXXX osos o
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 95
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 371
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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, round, she, ', far, frae, thy, o', fell, thrice, his, a', rural, sometimes, nor, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, 'help, 'beggars, 'rise, far, thrice, a', dreams, sometimes, 'what, 'chang'd, gae, 'eight are repeated.
The author used the same words hae, how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases fell, hame connect the lines.
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