This is an analysis of the poem Address Tothe Devil that begins with:
O thou! whatever title suit thee,-
Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXaaXXaXccXXcXdXXeXeaaadadddXdXdfffXfXggXbgbXbXhbhddXiXieXefefXhXdhdXbbbbbjjjijihhhXXXXXXXXXXXXgXgiXiXXXeeecXcdXXfXfdXdgXdg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 127,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101011 11101110 10110111 11010 10010101 01110 1111101 1111100 01110011 10001 01111111 1111 10111111 110110011 11110111 1101 11110111 1111 1010101010 11111101 1010111101 1001 100010101 0111 1111011 010011101 11110101 1001 11010101 1101 11101110 010111010 110111110 1101 110101010 1101 11010101 01111101 11101101 1001 11011101 1101 01001101 11011101 11110111 10001 101100101 1101 11011101 11111111 11011101 1101 10110111 1101 11011111 11110101 110101001 1101 11011101 1101 11011101 11101111 10111101 1101 01011101 1101 110010101 11010101 11011101 11010 11010101 01010 111110110 010111110 010110010 0101 101101110 1101 11010111 01110111 11111111 1101 01010111 1101 11010011 11010101 11010111 010010 11010101 0101 11111101 11010110 1111011 1011 11010101 1101 11111001 11011101 1001111 1101 11010101 11001 11111111 11111111 11110011 1101 110011101 1110 11110001 11011101 11110011 1001 11010111 0111 111111110 010101010 1101001110 0111 111101010 1111 1111111 11110111 11011101 1101 01011011 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1920
- Average number of words per stanza: 355
- Amount of lines: 126
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
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