This is an analysis of the poem Song—stay My Charmer that begins with:
STAY my charmer, can you leave me?
Cruel, cruel to deceive me;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaBB XXXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111 10100011 11111111 1010111 1010111 11111100 10111010 10101010 1111111 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 11
- 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; you, me, cruel are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words cruel, by, do are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, go, so are repeated).
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More information about poems by Robert Burns
- Analysis of Mr. William Smellie: A Sketch
- Analysis of Song—anna, Thy Charms
- Analysis of Song—braving Angry Winer's Storms
