This is an analysis of the poem Ye Flowery Banks that begins with:

Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doon,
How can ye blume sae fair?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdbd ceXe XfXf bgbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011101 111111 11111101 111111 1111111 110101 11110101 111111 11111101 110111 11111111 111111 111101101 010111 11011101 110111 11011101 110101 11110111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ye is repeated.

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

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

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