Analysis of Plaidie, The

Charles Sibley 1917 – 1998




Upon ane stormy Sunday,
Coming adoon the lane,
Were a score of bonnie lassies,
And the sweetest I maintain
Was Caddie,
That I took unneath my plaidie,
To shield her from the rain.

She said that the daisies blushed
For the kiss that I had ta'en;
I wadna hae thought the lassie
Wad sae of a kiss complain:
"Now, laddie!
I winna stay under your plaidie,
If I gang hame in the rain!"

But, on an after Sunday,
When cloud there was not ane,
This selfsame winsome lassie
(We chanced to meet in the lane),
Said, "Laddie,
Why dinna ye wear your plaidie?
Wha kens but it may rain?"


Scheme ABCBAAB XXCBAAB ABCBAAB
Poetic Form
Metre 011101 10101 0011101 0010101 11 111111 110101 1110101 10111111 1111010 1110101 11 1111011 1111001 111101 111111 111010 1111001 11 111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 558
Words 114
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 145
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Charles Sibley

Charles Gald Sibley (August 7, 1917 – April 12, 1998) was an American ornithologist and molecular biologist. He had an immense influence on the scientific classification of birds, and the work that Sibley initiated has substantially altered our understanding of the evolutionary history of modern birds. Sibley's taxonomy has been a major influence on the sequences adopted by ornithological organizations, especially the American Ornithologists' Union. Charles Sibley is of no known family relation to renowned bird artist David Sibley.  more…

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