This is an analysis of the poem Burlesque Lament Fo Wm. Creech's Absence that begins with:
AULD chuckie Reekie's 1 sair distrest,
Down droops her ance weel burnish'd crest,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXaX aaaXaX bbbcXX dddcXX XXeXeX fffXfX gggcgX hhXcXX XiXciX bbbXbX jjjXjX iiXciX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101110 11011101 1101101 1110 010111101 1010 11010101 11111101 1111101 1111 11110101 1010 01010111 01010111 11111101 1101 1101111 1010 11010111 11001101 11110101 0111 11110101 1010 010101010 111111010 110100110 0101 1111110010 1010 11110101 01001101 11010101 0101 01001101 1010 110100101 10111101 01010101 1111 11111101 1010 111111010 111101010 110101010 111 110111010 1010 1101011010 110111011 110101010 0111 11111110 1010 11010111 11011101 11011101 1101 1100111001 1010 11010101 01110001 11010101 0101 11011101 1110 110101011 110101101 0101111000 1101 100110100 1110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, may are repeated.
The author used the same word may at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word awa at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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