This is an analysis of the poem Tam Samson's Elegy that begins with:
HAS auld Kilmarnock seen the deil?
Or great Mackinlay 1 thrawn his heel?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXX XccbcB aaabXB DddbXB DeeebXB aaabaB XXXbXB bbbXbB fffbXX XXXXgX hhhbhB XhhbXX gggbgB iiibiX jjjXjB fkfk lXlXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 111001101 110010111 0111 101111101 101010 01111111 11111101 11011111 0101 011101001 1101 010101010 111101010 111101010 1101 110111010 1101 11010101 11010101 10010101 1101 1011010100 1101 11010101 11011101 01111101 11011101 0111 11111110100 1101 11010101 111001101 11110111 1111 11011111 1101 01110101 11101001 11011111 1001 11010110 1101 11010101 11010101 11010101 1101 11111101 1101 011101010 010101010 010111110 1101 110111010 101010 1100101110 110101110 110101110 1101 110111110 101010 110111010 110101010 111101010 1111 111001111010 1101 110101010 110101010 111110010 1101 111101010 101010 11110101 01010101 110010101 0111 01111001 1101 11010101 11010111 110101001 11011 11010101 101010 110110010 011110111 11111101 1110 11010111 1101 010001011111 1101011 01010101 1111111 110011101010 110111111 110101010 01010 111001111 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 117
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; an', or, and, in, vain, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, an', and, ye, in, ilk are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word dead at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Tam Samson's Elegy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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