Nannie Braw by George MacDonald: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Nannie Braw that begins with:

I like ye weel upo Sundays, Nannie,
I' yer goon and yer ribbons and a';...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXXbXb XcXc XcXX XaXX XaXa XXXX XXXc XXXaXc XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110111 111111011 1111101111 11111011 11110111 101101001 11001011 11101001 0 0 100111 111111001 101101011 1010011 1110011 11101111 1110111011 0111001 11111111 1011001 10010011 1111101 111011111 11101101 11101111 11101011 111110111 1011111 01111111 110111001 10011011 100101 10100111 100101 10110101 101101 10111111 1101111 1011011011 01011110 101010111 11 1 01 1111111 11101011 11111011 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, yer are repeated.

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  • summary of Nannie Braw;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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