This is an analysis of the poem Last May A Braw Wooer that begins with:

Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen,
And sair wi' his love he did deave me;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb XXaXX cXcdd efeff gXgXX hihii jajXX klkll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111011 111011011 11111011011 011100011011 011100011 1110101111 11111111 1111111111 011011111 0110111 0111010101 110110010 110111110011 11111110110 11111110 11111001111 011010110 11011011101 111011110110 111011110 1101111011 110011100 11111101011 110111010010 110111010 11111011101 110111110 11110011001 11110110110 11110110 110111011011 111010010 1101110111 110111010010 110111010 11110011001 111111110 110001011001 111111010010 111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, he, for, liein, i, but, offers, waur, her, could, bear, and, dear, lassie, swearin, how, to, him, morrow are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, but, guess, i, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word but 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 me, liein, offers, her, warlock, lassie, swearin, morrow are repeated).

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