This is an analysis of the poem Jean that begins with:
OF a' the airts the wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west, ... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXcac bdbdbcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 110101 11010101 110111 11111101 110101 11111101 110111 110001010 110111 110001001 110101 11101010101 110111 111010111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, i, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word jean at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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