This is an analysis of Handsome Nell by Robert Burns.
O, once I lov'd a bonnie lass,
Aye, and I love her still;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb dXde afXf cXce cbcX XcXcXfbcb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 111101 11110111 111101 11010111 110111 110101001 011101 01011001 010001 101110100 110111 11011111 110101 01010001 110101 11011111 110101 11110001 110111 01011101 110101 101001100 110001 10010101 101011 11010011 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
'tis
