This is an analysis of the poem Epistle To J. Lapraik (Excerpt) that begins with:
I am nae poet, in a sense,
But just a rhymer like by chance, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbab cccXcX cccXXc cccdad bbXebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110001 11010111 11010110 11010 100111111 11010 11011111 1110111001 11110111 01010 1111111 1101 11110111 11011111 01010111 11110 11011111 11010 011101010 011101010 110111110 1101 111101110 1111 111111010 110101010 111111110 1111 1111000010 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; your is repeated.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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