This is an analysis of the poem Willie Wastle that begins with:

Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed,
The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie. ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXAC bXXcXXAC acdcdXAC XXXXXcAC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 01110100 1010101 11011110 110111011 110011010 1011101 111101010 11111111 011101010 1101101 010111010 01010101 011111010 1011101 111101010 1110111 110101110 11011101 010101010 11010101 011101010 1011101 111101010 11010101 110101010 11010111 11011010 010101101 011101010 1011101 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; has, her, she's are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, her are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word her at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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