This is an analysis of the poem Ower The Hedge that begins with:
I.
'Bonny lassie, rosy lassie,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbX Xdbd XaXX bXeX XfXX baXX XXXX bfXX X ecXc XXXX XXgc XXbX gXXX gXaX hXhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10101010 11101 11100110 1111 10101010 11101 10101110 10101 11101010 11111 11101010 111110 1011110 11111 10101110 010101 10111010 10101 11011010 11111 11101110 11101 11101110 10111 101111 11101 11111110 11011 11111110 11111 10111110 10111 1 101110 10101 001110 111001 111110 10111 111110 10010 101010 11101 111110 00101 101110 101111 111110 11011 111110 11001 1001010 11101 110010 11101 111011 110010 110110 10101 101100 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; lassie is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word noo is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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