This is an analysis of Lovely Young Jessie by Robert Burns.
TRUE hearted was he, the sad swain o' the Yarrow,
And fair are the maids on the banks of the Ayr;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xababcbc XXXXXXbX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 110110111010 11101101001 110111011010 11011011011 010110110110 01011011001 110110010010 11001001001 110010011010 1100101101 100110110110 01001001001 11001010100 100001101001 110011010010 01010001001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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