This is an analysis of My Bonie Bell by Robert Burns.

THE SMILING Spring comes in rejoicing,
And surly Winter grimly flies;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbbacac dedeacac
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 0100110010 11010101 1101101010 11110101 11001011010 01010101 1101001010 11010111 01000111010 01010101 100111010 110010101 110101010 111101101 110101010 101111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 17

Anaphora

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