This is an analysis of the poem The Mother's Lesson that begins with:
Come hither an' sit on my knee, Willie,
Come hither an' sit on my knee,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbaXAD aebeaXAD aXcXadAD afXfadAD adbdaXad agbXadad aXXXaXAD aeheaXAD afffaXAD ahihaXAD aXeXaXAD aigiaXAD aXXXaXAD abXbaXAD ajhjaXAD aXXXaXAD aXfXaXAD aXkdaXAD adXXaXAD abhbaXAD XXXXaXAD ahbhaXAD aXbeaXaX aXkXaXAD ahXhadAD aXeba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111110 11011111 11111111101 1011111 101111110 1011001 111001110 1110011 1111110110 11111101 111011101011 1111111 1111110 111011111 111001110 1110011 1110111110 11101111 1111011011 11101011 1110101110 1110111 111001110 1110011 1111110110 01111101 111111011011 11111001 110100110 101111011 111001110 1110011 1101111110 11011111 111011101111 1111011 111101110 01101101 1110101110 1101011 10111011110 0111011 01101101101 10101101 010110110 1111011 1111101110 1111011 1110111110 11101111 111101111011 10111011 1111101110 11101001 111001110 1110011 110100110 101001 0011111011 1111101 110110110 1011001 111001110 1110011 1110110110 1101101 11111111111 111101 1110110 11101101 111001110 1110011 1110100110 001001101 111011101101 1111101 11110110 1101101 111001110 1110011 101111010 1011110 101011010101 1101111 110111110 1101101 111001110 1110011 11101111110 011110111 111011111001 110110111 1011011110 11111011 111001110 1110011 1111011110 1110111 11111111101 11111010 1111110110 1111101 111001110 1110011 110111110 101111 1111101111 1110111 111011110 11111111 111001110 1110011 110111010 11101011 111101011 0111011 011101110 1011111 111001110 1110011 110110110 111101 1111101001 11111111 111111110 10111011 111001110 1110011 10101110 0111110 1110110111 111101 10111110 010111 111001110 1110011 11111110 111111 11110101 111111 1111110 010111 111001110 1110011 11011110 110111 111111101 1110111 11011110 11101101 111001110 1110011 111111110 11111111 110111011 101111111 10111111110 1111101 111001110 1110011 111111110 111111 1111110101 10111111 011111110 1111011 111001110 11110011 101111110 1011111 111111110101 1101101 110110110 1001111 111001110 11110011 111111110 1111111 111111101 11111011 111101110 111111111 1111001110 1011011 1111011110 11110111 11101101 101111001 0111100110 10110111 111001110 1110011 111111110 1111111 10111001110 11101001 110100110 101101101 111001110 1110011 1111111110 11111111 11111111101 11111001 111100110 11011111 111001110 1110011 1111111110 11111111 11111101111 11111110 1111111010 111101111 111001110 1110011 101111110 1011111 110111111011 11111111 111111110 0110111 111001110 1110011 111111110 11111101 100101111 101011011 10101101110 11101111 111001110 1110011 01001101 01001101 0101011 0101011 01001101 11101110 11101101 1110111 01001101 01001101 11111101001 110111 1011110 101101101 111001110 1110011
- Amount of stanzas: 31
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 278
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', ye, sae, d'ye, min', willie, he, ', i, but, in, still, him, they, brave, wee, bit, guid, be, as, my, greet, wad, no, wipe, awa', tears, it's, to, first are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, fechtin', hech, ye, d'ye, next, by, i, an', when, still, his, they, i'd, as, aye, ye'se, thank, sic, noo, than, it's are repeated.
The author used the same words d'ye, an', ye, it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word man at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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