This is an analysis of the poem The Whistle Of Sandy Mcgraw that begins with:

You may talk o' your lutes and your dulcimers fine,
Your harps and your tabors and cymbals and a',...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabXcXcdXXXdXdb efefededgXgb dXXXgbgbeaXaXcfcXXfbgXgXgXga eXefcXchiaiaiXicababhgXXagagcccX XXhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,12,28,32,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111111111001 11111011011 11001011111 01101011001 101001101110100 11001011011 11001111110 11101101101 10110111111 11111111011 111111111001 101111101011 101101011001 11011101111 111101101101 1111010011001 11011111011 11001011101 1010101111101 101001011011 11101111011 101101001001 11101101101 01101101011 01011010001 11011011011 111110001011 11001011001 11011001001 101101111010 101001011001 101101001001 11011011101 1100110111 1011111110011 1011110011001 101111111001 010111101111 110111011011 1011011111011 111001111110 101111011001 111101001011 101011011101 111011101111100 111101111011 11001001011 101101011001 11111011110 11001101001 11011111011 111100111101 0110111111 0101101101100 11011001101 11011001101 01111101111 11111011100 01011111011 101101011011 101001011101 11101101011 11011101101 101001011011 11011101101 11101001011 111101101011 101101011100 111101101001 11111111110000 1110111111001 11111111111 111011011111 11011011011 111111111011 11101011001 111011111111 111111010011 101111001110 111111011010 11111111011 11101011011 11001101001 01101011101 110110101011 1111010011001 1011111101101 101101011011 11111111011 11001011011 11001011111 11101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 531
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, your, it's, wi', ma, i, tae, wis, me, he, we are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Whistle Of Sandy Mcgraw;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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