This is an analysis of the poem Banks O' Doon, The that begins with:
Ye banks and braes o' bonie Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXcbc XcXcbdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 11111111 11111101 11110111 111111001 110101001 11110101 01010001 1110111 01011101 11011101 11010111 11011101 11010101 101110111 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; ye, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, and are repeated.
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