This is an analysis of the poem Song—whistle And I'Ll Come To You that begins with:
Chorus.—O WHISTLE, an' I'll come to ye, my lad,
O whistle, an' I'll come to ye, my lad,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAaA bbbBBB bXXBBB XbbbBBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101101110111 1101110111 11011011111 1101110111 11001111011 11101011001 11011111001 1111011001 1111011001 1101111 111110100111 11111111101 1110111111 1111011001 1111011001 1101111 11101111111 11111011001 11110011010 1111111011 1111111011 1101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', my, whistle, i'll, come, to, ye, o, lad, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, yet, for are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lad, me are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word c at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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