This is an analysis of the poem The Geate A-Vallen To that begins with:

In the zunsheen of our zummers
Wi’ the hay time now a-come,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbcXc XdedfcXC gXgabcfc heXehcXC XiXidchC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100110 1011101 11011101 110111 11010111 111101 11011101 011000 11011100 0111101 01011111 110001 10110101 011101 11110110 010100 010011101 110111 1101011 1101111 11110111 110101 01010101 110100 101110111 110111 10010101 110101 10111101 111101 11110101 010100 111101010 111101 110100111 110111 11000101 010111 01010111 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; an' is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', when are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word to at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Geate A-Vallen To;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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