This is an analysis of the poem The Lang Coortin' that begins with:
The ladye she stood at her lattice high,
Wi' her doggie at her feet;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXX XedX daXX fafX cgXg XdaX XhXX iciX XXeX XXXX XXeX gjbX XaaX jaja Hihi hhhh HXea bebX ejeX XdaX edXd XcaX cgcg Xjaj hXdc hdaX Xdad jheh dbeb dhch ckXk hbhX cdcd Xeae Xhah abaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011110101 1010101 10010111 010001 101110101 110101 11111100 011111 11110100 111001 11101101 110101 11110100 010111 1101111010 111101 111111111 1101101 111111111 1101011 11110111 110101 111010011 01011001 11011011 0110111 11111101 1111110 11011111 11011 1111111001 00111111 110110101 0111111 1111111111 1111010 11011111 111111 11101111101 00111111 110110101 110101 111011011 0100101 11011011 1010111 10101011111 111001010 1101011101 011011011 101001101101 11101010 11110100 1101001 11000101 110111 010111111 110101 1110101 110101 11101110 110111 11111111 111101 111011010 110111 110111010 110101 11101110 1110011 11111001 110001 11001111 11110101 1110111111 111111 01111111 11101001 1010111111 1001101010 11110100 010101 11010101 0110010 11010101 111111 11110111 110101 11110100 111101 10011111 010111 1101111 010101 10010101 01111 11110100 1000101 11010111 110101 01011101 1101010 1110101001 110101 1101010 111101 11010101 11011 1111010 101100 11010101 11111 11110101 010101 111110001 110101 11110101 011111 010100101 010111 11110101 010101 11010101 110101 1101111 1010101 1100101110 1010111 11111111 111101 1110111100 11101101 10101101 110101 1011101 110110 11110100 011011 01111101 111001 111110010 111111 11110110 100100 1111011 010011 11010111 010011
- Amount of stanzas: 37
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 148
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; her, ye, me, ', whilk, locks, by, sent, i, it, and, sending, she, use, sadly, he, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whilk, by, i, and, the, to are repeated.
The author used the same words 'for, syne, 'o 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Lang Coortin';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
