This is an analysis of the poem Fragment—wee Willie Gray that begins with:

WEE Willie Gray, and his leather wallet,
Peel a willow wand to be him boots and jacket;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX aXAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101010 101110011110 0101010011110 0101010011110 1101101010 1010100011110 100011101010 100011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, him are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, feathers are repeated.

    The author used the same word wee 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 doublet, bonnet are repeated).

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