This is an analysis of the poem The Bonny, Bonny Dell that begins with:
Oh! the bonny, bonny dell, whaur the yorlin sings,
Wi' a clip o' the sunshine atween his wings;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXbccdX bbeeffXXgg Xbhhgghhii bXiXbbjjbX GGjjdXbbGG AaXijjkkAa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101010110101 10110111001 101111011100 10110111111 101110101011 1010101101 101001111101 0100111101 1010101111111 0100110111 1010101101101 101111111101 10110111011 1110110101 101110011001 101011101111 1110111011 010110101 101010111101 01101101011 101010110111 1111100101 10110101101 101011101 10111101101 10100101011 1011111101 10101001101 101010111011 01101010011 101010110110 101101101101 101011011101 10011101101 101001110111 1111101001 11111010101 11101101101 1010101101100 101101101101 101010111111 11001111111 10101011101 111101111101 111011111111 1100111101 111011001101 1111101011 101010111111 11001111111 101010110101 11111101001 10110110101 10111110101 1011100101 101111101111 1110110101 11111010101 101010110101 1011110111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
- Average number of words per stanza: 93
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; bonny, awa, and, as, she, whaur are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sayin, whaur are repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Bonny, Bonny Dell;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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