This is an analysis of the poem Tam O' Shanter that begins with:
A Tale
"Of Brownyis and of Bogillis full is this Buke." ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb ccccXdeeXfff XgeX ebXXgggghhXdhXXi ccXe ccddddXXggbbebaa dXggbb jjggbbff jjXhhh ccjjjj kklgcceemm jXXhhXaXeeaaeXnn XhaaXXcccc bbeeccooXXeeccaaXXppjjjjccXX bbqqXXii XeXhllXXaaXi XXllccllhhdXXXee lgXncchhXXXijX iXeejjXX XhXhkkbbiiccXaaappXjjjjll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,12,4,16,4,16,6,8,6,6,10,16,10,28,8,12,16,14,8,25,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 101010100100100 1010 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010101 111101010 110111010 111101110 01010111 11011111 11110101 1000111001 10010101 011101110 111111010 111101010 11011110 11111011 11111101 111111010 01001001010 110101010 110111110 110101010 111111110 110111011 011111011 110111111 111101111 11011111 11011101 110110001 11001101 11010111 01110101 110101100 010101010 10111101 11110101 110101010 110111010 110111010 010101010 1101101010 110111100 011111110 110111010 011011110 110101110 010101010 011111010 010111110 101101010 110101110 1011010010 1111110110 010111110 1101111100 10101110100 11011101 11010101 110110010 010111110 11010101 11111111 11010101 10000101 11110111 010010111 1101111011 1101011010 110111010 111101010 01111101 0100101101 010101010 111101010 11011101 01110101 11010111 010101 110111110 010111110 110101110 1101011110 11011101 11011101 11011101 11110101 10111101 100101010 11011101 11010111 11011101 11010101 11011001 11010110 01111101 010011101 01010101 11110101 110010101 11011001 110101010 111001110 010011100 11011111 110011110 11011010 011100101 11111101 110111010 110111010 11010101 11111101 10110001 11001111 110011011 11110011 01010001 11110111 0111111 01010101 11011101 11110101 101111010 1100101110 11110101 10011101 110101110 010101010 010010101 111110001 01110101 10110101 110111110 110011010 010101110 010101110 10110101 01111001 110100110 1100110100 11010011100 0111111100 01011101 01011101 111111110 110101110 11010001 11010001 11111101 11110011 11011110 0111011010 11111101 11011111 111101110 11110110 11010111 1011101 101101010 110011110 11111111 11110111 11010001 110101101 110010111 11010011 11110111 11010101 01011101 11010111 010111010 01011111 1101011001 11111011 111111010 110101010 11110111 111101010 0111111 0111111 11111101 11010101 10101011011 110111111 111101100 110101100 1111011010 10110111 110111010 110101010 11111101 110010111 11010101 11110111 11010101 1100101001 110101010 1101101111 111111110 011111010 011101110 110001010 11110111 11011101 11011111 010111111 11011111 01011101 1110101 10110101 111111001 110111010 101110101 11010111 01010101 11110101 11011111 11110111 100011101 11011011 111101101 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 410
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 227
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thou, in, on, whiles, wi', they, her, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, that, whiles, wi', five, a, and, in are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines on, in are repeated).
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