This is an analysis of the poem Bonny Mary O! that begins with:

The morning opens fine, bonny Mary O!
The robin sings his song by the dairy O!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba aaXa aaba aaba aaba aaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010110101 01010110101 10101011110101 10101010101 01010110101 1010100110101 10101011010101 11011110101 101000110101 111010110101 10101110110111 10010110101 101011110101 11010110101 00111010101110010 01010110101 01011010101 11011110101 10111111010101 111110110101 11011110101 101010110101 1111101110101 10111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; o, bonny, mary, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, where, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    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.

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  • summary of Bonny Mary O!;
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