This is an analysis of the poem Bonny Lassie O! that begins with:
O the evening's for the fair, bonny lassie O!
To meet the cooler air and walk an angel there,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbA accA accA aXXA addAXaddA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 101010110101 010101111101 00110001 10101 0110110101 110101111101 011111 10101 110010110101 00101110010101 1010111 10101 101010110101 10111111010101 10101100 10101 11110110101 00101001010111 101101 10101 1011111010101 10110011111101 1011101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; o is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there's is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines o is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word o at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase o connects the lines.
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