This is an analysis of the poem Sweet Tibbie Dunbar that begins with:

O wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar?
O wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAaa XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111010 11111111010 111101101001 11111111010 11111011010 11111111110 11111111011 1101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, tibbie, thou, wilt, dunbar, sweet, thy, and, sae are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dunbar is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word dunbar at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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