This is an analysis of the poem Of A' The Airts that begins with:

Of a' the airts the wind can blaw
I dearly like the west,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXcacbdbdbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 110101 1101101 010111 11111101 110101 11111101 010111 110001010 110111 110001001 110101 110110101 110111 1101111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 507
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

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