This is an analysis of Ye Flowery Banks (Bonie Doon) by Robert Burns.
Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doon,
How can ye blume sae fair?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdbd ceXe XfXf bgbg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110011101 111111 11111101 111111 1111111 110101 11110101 111111 11111101 110111 11111111 111111 111101101 010111 11011101 110111 11011101 110101 11110111 110111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
ye
Anaphora
how, and
