This is an analysis of the poem The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata that begins with:
RecitativoWHEN lyart leaves bestrow the yird,
Or wavering like the bauckie-bird,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXbXcdXXeeee ddfggXhihXjkek dglgm bgag Xgmg XgXg igjg XcXcXcnc ooXXm aapX llpX bbpX ccpX eepX XXXppiXi XoXo XjXj nbbb XXno bcbc ahah jmXm oXbXXpoX oooX XXXX aaXXM mmoXM mmoXM bboXM oooXM jXjfjf XmmXmX cccX aaaX cccXM n
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,5,4,4,4,4,8,5,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,4,4,5,5,5,8,8,9,9,9,9,9,4,4,5,5,5,4,4,14,4,4,5,5,5,5,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 60
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 395
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and, his, i, an', sir, braw, john, highlandman, he, but, that, a', i've, their, they, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, an', i've, they, what, here's are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines highlandman, that are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words drum, laddie, highlandman, c, o't, night, that at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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