This is an analysis of the poem Song—my Nanie's Awa that begins with:

NOW in her green mantle blythe Nature arrays,
And listens the lambkins that bleat o'er her braes;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aaXX aaXX bbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011011001 110010111001 11101001011 101010011010 01011111101 11001001101 11111011011 1111111010 110101101001 01001101101 11101011011 11011011010 11011001011 11111011001 01101011101 01101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Song—my Nanie's Awa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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