This is an analysis of the poem Rantin, Rovin Robin that begins with:

THERE 1 was a lad was born in Kyle,
But whatna day o' whatna style,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaab cXcb bXXbC XXXXC XXXXC bbXXC XXXXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011101 11011101 11010101 0011110 11010101 10101010 1010101 101010 11110111 111101101 11011101 1100110 1011 01010001 111010101 01010011 11111100 1011 101010111 11011001 10010111 11011100 1011 101111111 11110111 01010111 11111100 1011 10101110111 0110110 11011111 11011100 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; rovin' is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words robin, c at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase robin connects the lines.

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  • summary of Rantin, Rovin Robin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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