This is an analysis of the poem Davie Gellatley's Song that begins with:
Young men will love thee more fair and more fast;
Heard ye so merry the little bird sing?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaB XBXB cBcB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101111111 1111001011 11101001 1011101001 01110111110 1111001011 1111100111 1011101001 0110110101 1111001011 101101101001 1011101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Davie Gellatley's Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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