This is an analysis of the poem Twa Sisters O' Binnorie that begins with:
There were twa sisters sat in a bow'r;
(Binnorie, O Binnorie!)...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaXXXbX bXbX XXXX cXcX XXdX XXXX XXXX eXeX dXdX XXXX eXXX XXXX bXbX fXfX dXdX dXdX bXbX gXgX bXXX aXaX hXhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101001 10110 01110101 101011110 1100101111 10110 11100101011 101011110 0101111 10110 1110000101 101011110 01010111 10110 11010101 101011110 11010111 10110 111100101 101011110 110010101 10110 111100101 101011110 01010101 10110 01011100 101011110 11010111 10110 111011111 101011110 110111110 10110 111010110 101011110 01110111 10110 1110011111 101011110 1110101 10110 11011100 101011110 11010111 10110 1010011101 101011110 01010101 10110 1111011000 101011110 1010101 10110 11010101 101011110 1100101 10110 01111101 101011110 1010101 10110 01010101 101011110 11110101 10110 1000010111 101011110 11111101 10110 11110101 101011110 1101110101 10110 11010111 101011110 11000101 10110 11010101 101011110 11011111 10110 1001101101 101011110 111010101 10110 110010101 101011110 11111110 10110 11110110001 1010111100
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; binnorie, she, and are repeated.
The author used the same words 'o, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word binnorie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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