This is an analysis of the poem Shiela that begins with:
When I played my penny whistle on the braes above Lochgyle
The heather bloomed about us, and we heard the peewit call;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaabb cbcbcc dbdbaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110101010110 01010111110101 111011101011011 11111101110111 11011101110101 11101101110111 11111100010101 11010100010101 11011101110101 111101101010101 111000111110101 1110111000111 11010101110111 11011011110111 11111001111111 11010111010101 111010100010101 110111101010110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 363
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, my, in, i'll are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'll is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Shiela;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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