This is an analysis of the poem Song—bonie Peggy Alison that begins with:
Chor.—And I'll kiss thee yet, yet,
And I'll kiss thee o'er again:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdbdE XdcdE XddddE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 11111001 111111 1110100 11111111 11000101 11011101 11111111 1111111 10111111 11110101 111111001 11010101 1111111 1111111 11011101 11111111 11011101 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; yet, and, i'll, kiss, thee are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word c at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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