Yon Wild Mossy Mountains by Robert Burns: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Yon Wild Mossy Mountains that begins with:

YON wild mossy mountains sae lofty and wide,
That nurse in their bosom the youth o' the Clyde,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc XXXX ddee bbff Xebb
  • 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: 11101011011 11011001101 1011110101001 1010101111101 11011011101 01101101101 11101001001 01011011111 10111011011 11101011101 11111001111 11010101011010 10101010101 11101011001 01001011010 1110110011101 01011111101 001001011011 111101011001 11011111011 1101100011001 11011001001 101101101001 11111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and are repeated.

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