This is an analysis of the poem Song—poortith Cauld And Restless Love that begins with:
O POORTITH cauld, and restless love,
Ye wrack my peace between ye;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abac aXaX dXdXB bdbdB DeDeB fXfcB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 1111011 11011101 1111110 1011111101 1101100 111101011 0111010 0111111 0111011 11110101 1110011 111 01011101 1111110 110001001 1111110 111 11110101 1101011 11110101 1101111 111 11010101 110101 01010111 1101110 111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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