This is an analysis of the poem The Wind O' Death. that begins with:

Oh! we hae a' to die, dear,
We're a' to gang awa';...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbXbXaXaXcccXaXaXbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 110110 1111111 110101 10011010 0111010 1110110 010101 1110011 110111 1110111 010011 0111110 0110010 0111110 1010101 1110011 110101 0101111 111011 0111110 1101010 0110110 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 691
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; to, we, it are repeated.

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