This is an analysis of the poem Mr. William Smellie: A Sketch that begins with:
SHREWD Willie Smellie to Crochallan came;
The old cock'd hat, the grey surtout the same;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 110101001 0111011001 01001110001 1111110101 01001011101 0111011101 1101011101 0111010010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; his is repeated.
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