This is an analysis of the poem The Braes Of Yarrow that begins with:
‘BUSK ye, busk ye, my bonnie, bonnie bride!
Busk ye, busk ye, my winsome marrow! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaB abcB abdB abcB XbcB ebcb abfb abgb fbfb abfb abhb dbXb icjk abjb dlcl aBaB abab cldl ckgc abhb mkck gmEm aXXc amEm dlel flcl cbfX amim XlilXabfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110101 111111010 1111110101 1111101010 111110101 11111010 1101111101 101101010 1111110101 111111010 11110101 101101010 1111110101 111111010 111111101 101101010 1111111111 111101110 11111101 101101010 1111010101 010101010 111101001 11011101010 1111110101 11110101010 11110001 110101010 01011010101 010111110 11010111 0101001010 111010101 010101110 11010101 111101010 1111110101 110101010 11010101 0101101010 1111010101 111101010 01011101 0101101010 0111110101 110110110 11010101 1111101010 1101111101 101101010 11010101 10101010 1101111111 1101010110 11110101 010001110 1111110111 0100111110 11111101001 111101110 1111110101 111111010 1111110101 1111101010 1111010101 111101010 11110101 1111101010 1101110101 111101010 111100111 1111110010 0111010101 010111110 1101110101 110101010 0111011111 100011110 11001001 1101101010 1101110101 111101010 11110111 111111110 111100100101 100101011 11010111 1111001111 1101010101 01011010 11111101 11010010 11010111 110101011 11010111 111101111 1101010101 010111010 10110101 1000101010 11001010100 011011010 11110101 100111010 1110111111 110111110 11111101 111101011 11111111010 111101011 11110111 111101011 1101110101 010111010 11110111 111101110 0101110101 011111010 11011011 1101101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 5425
- Average number of words per stanza: 927
- Amount of lines: 149
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; busk, ye, bonnie, my, where, got, weep, not, maun, lang, she, lover, yarrow, his, wounds, in, and, sisters, as, sweet, its, fair, how, of, lay, thy, return are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words busk, where, weep, why, lang, what, and, as, how, return are repeated.
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