This is an analysis of Ronalds Of The Bennals, The by Robert Burns.
In Tarbolton, ye ken, there are proper young men,
And proper young lasses and a', man;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXa Xaba aaca aada XaXa baba aaca eaaa eada daXa baba caXa XaXa daXa Xaba
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 010011111011 110110111 111010110010 110011011 1101111110 110010011 0101111001 110010111 1111111011 11011111 11111111101 1010110011 0110101011 011010111 110110110110 111110101 01011110101 011010111 01110111010 011010101 0111010101 111010111 0110101101 011010111 1101001101 01011011 1101111001 111010101 0110101101 110111101 0110101101 010111011 11010110011 110011011 1101111011 110110111 1110101001 1100100111 1110101001 110111011 1110101101 1110011011 111111101101 110010111 11111111101 101111111 1101101111 110110011 1111111101 110111011 0110101010 1111010111 1101111001 011010111 11100101111 110011011 11011110110 110010111 1100111001 110010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
they, and, my
Anaphora
the, and
