This is an analysis of the poem The Sodger's Lassie that begins with:
A'the toun is to the doun
Puin' o' the blaeberrie.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa XXXX bXXX cXcX XXXX bXbX XXXX XXXX dXdX eXeX XXXX eXeX XXaX XXXX bXeXeX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001 11010 1111 101101 1010001 11010111 10010 11010 1011111 11010 1011111 11010 1111111 11010 1011101 10010 1111101 11010 10010 11010 1011111 11010 1011111 10010 1111111 11010 1110001 11010 1110101 10010 1110111 11010 1011101 10010 1010111 11010 10101110 10010 1011101 10010 1111111 11010 11111100 11010 10101100 10010 1111111 10010 1111111 101010 111111 10010 1111111 110010 10010 111010 1011111 110010 10011111 110010 1111111 1111111 1111111 11010 10010 111010 1011111 110010
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; gane, o', blaeberrie are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gane, blaeberrie are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word blaeberrie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Sodger's Lassie;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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