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 |
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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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