This is an analysis of the poem What Can A Young Lassie Do Wi' An Auld Man? that begins with:
WHAT can a young lassie, what shall a young lassie,
What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abAXAX XXBBBB cbCBCB abDBDB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110110110 11011011111 111010110110 01011011011 111010110110 01011011011 1111001100100 11111001011 111110010010 11001101011 111110010010 11001101011 111110111110 11011111111 110110110110 11101111111 110110110110 11101111111 111010011110 11101001001 111111011111 11011011011 111111011111 11011011011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, young, lassie, he's, and, he, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, i'll are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word man at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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