This is an analysis of the poem Address To The Devil that begins with:
1 O thou! whatever title suit thee,--
2 Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXX aaXXaX ccXXcX dXXeXe aaadad ddXdXd fffXfX ggXbgb XbXhbh ddXiXi eXefef XhXdhd Xbbbbb jjjiji hhhXXX XXXXXX XXXgXg iXiXXX eeecXc dXXfXf dXdgdg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101011 111101110 110110111 111010 110010101 101110 11111101 11111100 101110011 110001 101111111 11111 110111111 1110110011 111110111 11101 111110111 11111 11010101010 111111101 1101011101 11001 1100010101 10111 11111011 1010011101 111110101 11001 111010101 11101 111101110 1010111010 1110111110 11101 1110101010 11101 111010101 101111101 111101101 11001 111011101 11101 101001101 111011101 111110111 110001 1101100101 11101 111011101 111111111 111011101 11101 110110111 11101 111011111 111110101 1110101001 11101 111011101 11101 111011101 111101111 110111101 11101 101011101 11101 1110010101 111010101 111010101 111010 111010101 101010 1111101010 1010111110 1010110010 10101 1101101110 11101 111010111 101110111 111111111 11101 101010111 11101 111010011 111010101 111010111 1010010 111010101 10101 111111101 111010110 11111011 11011 111010101 11101 111111001 111011101 11001111 11101 111010101 111001 111111111 111111111 111110011 11101 1110011101 11110 111110001 111011101 111110011 11001 111010111 10111 1111111110 1010101010 11101001110 10111 1111101010 11111 11111111 111110111 111011101 11101 101011011 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 126
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; thy, an', nor are repeated.
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