This is an analysis of the poem The Twa Herds; Or, The Holy Tulyie that begins with:

O A' ye pious godly flocks,
Weel fed on pastures orthodox,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXa XbbcbX XccdXX XXXeXe fffbfb eeedXd cccbcb gggdgd XXXXbX XcXhXh bbbibi hXXXXj kkkiki ccXdcX jjjXXj aaaXaX aaaXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11110101 11011101 110010 11010111 0101 01110101 010110101 11110101 1101 11010111 1010 1111110101 111111010 111111010 1101 011111101 1111 111011100 110111100 110111100 0101 1101001100 0011 11110111 111101001 11011001 1101 1101111 1101 01010111 11011101 11110111 1110 11110111 1111 111101001 01111111 1100111101 1101 11110111 1011 11010111 11010101 11111101 1111 110100101 1100 11111101 11011100 1111000100000 11010 11111101 1101 11110101 1101111011 110101011 1101 11110111 1101 01011101 11011111 1111111 1101 11110101 01001 100110111 11111101 11110111 11011 11111111 11001 110111110 11111101 11110011 10011 011110111 11011 110011111 11110010 10111010 11111 11110111 1111 111110001 11011111 11110111 0101 1101001010 0111 11010111 11000101 11111101 1111 010100101 1111 11110100 1110100 10010101 111 11110111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 118
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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  • summary of The Twa Herds; Or, The Holy Tulyie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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