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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