This is an analysis of the poem Daft Jean that begins with:

Daft Jean,
The waesome wean,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAXXBXXX cccc AAXXBXX XXXXXXX CcccC AAXXXX ddXeeXXCcccC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,7,7,5,6,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 0101 11101011101 011110000 010110101 1111 01111 101011101110 1111 111110 111101 1111 11 0101 11101011101 011110000 010110101 11110 11110 11101001101 01101 01101 11101001101 101011101110 11101101101 011101111101 11011 111110 1111011 1111010 11011 11 0101 11101011101 11110 110110 0001101011 11110 010110 01101001101 11110 10110 110111110 11011 111101 111110 1111010 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; black, she, o', them, a', queen, white, her, snaw are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, 'black, nae, 'white, white are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines a', her, be are repeated).

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