This is an analysis of The Banks Of The Devon by Robert Burns.

HOW pleasant the banks of the clear winding Devon,
With green spreading bushes and flow'rs blooming fair!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeaeeee
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 110010011010 01101011101 101011010010 11011101001 10011011010 001101101001 110010011010 11101011001 110110110110 01101111001 110110110110 01011001011 110010011010 11001001011 010110010110 11011001001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 17

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