Analysis of A Change O' Deils
Violet Jacob 1863 – 1946
"A change o' deils is lichtsome." -
Scots Proverb.
My Grannie spent a merry youth,
She niver wantit for a joe,
An gin she tell't me aye the truth,
Richt little was't she kent na o'.
An' whiles afore she gae'd awa'
To bed her doon below the grass,
Says she, "Guidmen I've kistit twa,
But a change o' deils is lichtsome, lass!"
Sae dinna think to maister me,
For Scotland's fu' o' brawlike chiels,
And aiblins ither folk ye'll see
Are fine an' pleased to change their deils.
Aye, set yer bonnet on yer heid,
An' cock it up upon yer bree,
O' a' yer tricks ye'll hae some need
Afore ye get the best o' me!
Sma' wark to fill yer place I'd hae,
I'll seek a sweethe'rt i' the toon,
Or cast my he'rt across the Spey
An' tak' some pridefu' Hieland loon.
I ken a man has hoose an' land,
His airm is stoot, his een are blue,
A ring o' gowd is on his hand,
An' he's a bonnier man nor you!
But hoose an' gear an' land an' mair,
He'd gie them a' to get the preen
That preened the flowers in till my hair
Beside the may-bush yestre'en.
Jist tak' you tent, an' mind forbye,
The braw guid sense my Grannie had,
My Grannie's dochter's bairn am I,
And a change o' deils is lichtsome, lad!
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Metre | 011111 110 1110101 1101101 111111101 110111111 111111 11010101 111111 10111111 111111 1101111 011111 11111111 11110111 11110111 10111111 1110111 11111111 1101101 11110101 111111 11011111 11111111 01111111 1101111 11111111 11101101 110100111 010111 1111111 0111111 111111 00111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,163 |
Words | 244 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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