This is an analysis of Lament Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, On The Approach Of Spring by Robert Burns.

Now Nature hangs her mantle green
On every blooming tree,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbddcd aeXecXfX XbaXgXge faaXghdh abgbcbXX daaaXbgb dadaXiei
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11010101 1100101 11011101 1100101 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 110010101 011101 0100101 111101 010111001 110101 01110101 111110 11010101 011101 01010001 111001 01010110 111110 11010110 110101 1101111 110110 11011001 1111110 10010010 1100101 11110101 110101 11111110 110111 11011101 111111 01010101 110101 111111101 1101001 11111101 011101 11110111 111111 11111101 111101 11111101 010111 11011101 111101 11010101 1100101 10010101 110111 101111001 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

i, and

Anaphora

the, and, nae