This is an analysis of the poem The Sair Stroke that begins with:
O waly, waly, my bonnie crew
Gin ye maun bumpit be! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcdXXcXbedXdXfgFXhfhfiXiXXiXiafXXjdjdfgFXjXjXeXXbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101101 111100 110101111 11100 111100110 110111 111110111 101101 111100110 111101 1101101001 1001001 11111110 111111 11011111 011100 111110111 1110111 11010101 1100101 1101111011 100011 111001111 111101 110111001 011101 1111101 110101 11101100111 111011 11011111 110111 1111111 111101 11110110 1101010 111100101 110100 11110111 111101 110110111 01011001 11010101 1100101 11000101 110101 11010101 010101 11010101 1110101 11110101 110111 110011110 111100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1719
- Average number of words per stanza: 332
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; waly, ye, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, and are repeated.
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