This is an analysis of the poem The Hint O' Hairst that begins with:
It's dowie in the hint o' hairst,
At the wa-gang o' the swallow,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabXXb XcXcdXdX bdbdXbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000111 10111010 1011110111 10111010 11010101 011100111 01110101 110010111 111011011 1111010 101111101 1111110 1010101011 111110101 01010101 101101111 11011111 1111010 1010110101 11001110 101111101 101011101 1101100 11011011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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 word the is repeated.
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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