This is an analysis of the poem A Song For Kilts that begins with:

How grand the human race would be
If every man would wear a kilt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdede eaecbfbf ghgXibib jhjhabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110 010011101 01010100 01010101 11111101 11011101 11011111 11001001 01010111 10010101 11010011 00010100 11110001 11110101 11111111 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010111 01010101 11010001 11010101 11010101 0101001 11111011 11011101 11110101 01111111 11111101 11110101 11000110 010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; how is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Song For Kilts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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