This is an analysis of the poem Song—wandering Willie (Revised Version) that begins with:
HERE awa, there awa, wandering Willie,
Here awa, there awa, haud awa hame;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXaX XbbbXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011010010 1101101101 1011011101 1111111001 10111111110 1111011011 10100110110 01001011001 11110010110 1111001001 10110110110 1111111011 11011011101 1101111101 111010111010 11001111011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; awa, my, willie, ye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word here is repeated.
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