This is an analysis of the poem Binnorie that begins with:
THERE were twa sisters sat in a bour;
Binnorie, O Binnorie! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX bb Xa aa cX cc Xd cc XX ee dd eX ed XX XX aa XX dd dd dX aa ff Xd bd XX dXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101001 10110 11010011 101010110 1100100111 11100101001 0101111 11100101 01010111 11010101 11010111 1111100101 1110010101 110100101 01010101 01011100 11010111 111011111 11011111 111010110 01110111 011100101 1110101 11011100 11010111 111001110111 010101101 11110110 11010101 01010111 11010101 01010011 1100101 01111101 11010101 110110101 11110101 11000111 11111101 11110101 111010011 11110101 11101110101 11010111 11000101 111010101 11010101 110010111 110111001 110111001 11011101 111110111 101110111 10110 110110110 101010110
- Amount of stanzas: 26
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; binnorie, sister, her, your, she, and, my, yonder are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he are repeated.
The author used the same words 'o, you, and, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Binnorie;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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