This is an analysis of the poem Masonic Song—ye Sons Of Old Killie that begins with:
YE sons of old Killie, assembled by Willie,
To follow the noble vocation;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXaXa cbXbabcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011010110 010010010 110110111010 010110010 1100111001 110010110 0101111101 110010010 1101011001101 11110010 1101010101 11010010 010110110010 11010110 11001001001 110010010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
The author used the same word ye at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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