This is an analysis of the poem Bonie Lesley that begins with:
O saw ye bonie Lesley
As she gaed o'er the Border?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbb bbXX acac ccdX ccac aXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 11110010 11111010 0101110 0100010 1110110 11010110 1111100 1101110 1011011 1101110 0111011 0111011 1111101 11001101 1111011 01010011 0101011 1110110 1111111 0101110 010100 11111101 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; her, thee are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the, return 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 thee is repeated).
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- summary of Bonie Lesley;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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