This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas On Naething that begins with:
TO you, sir, this summons I've sent,
Pray, whip till the pownie is freathing;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbX aXaX dcdX eXeX fcfX gXgX hehX ieiX jcjX aeaX kekX aXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101011 11101010 10101111 110010110 11011011 110110110 110010001 110010110 11011011 110010110 11101001 110010110 01001011 010111011 01011101 110010110 11001001 110010010 110001001 110010110 01011011 01001111 11001111 110010110 01011011 010010010 11111001 110010110 01001011 110111010 11011101 111010010 11101001 010110110 11111001 110010010 01011001 110010111 01011001 110110010 0110011 010011110 11101001 010100010 11111101 110011010 11001001 010010010 11111011 011110100 11011111 1110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, quarrel, my, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.
The author used the same words the, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word naething at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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