Analysis of Jean

Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)



OF a' the airts the wind can blaw,
   I dearly like the west,
For there the bonnie lassie lives,
   The lassie I lo'e best:
There wild woods grow, and rivers row,
   And monie a hill between;
But day and night my fancy's flight
   Is ever wi' my Jean.

I see her in the dewy flowers,
   I see her sweet and fair:
I hear her in the tunefu' birds,
   I hear her charm the air:
There 's not a bonnie flower that springs
   By fountain, shaw, or green;
There 's not a bonnie bird that sings,
   But minds me o' my Jean.


Scheme XAXAXBXB XCXCDBDB
Poetic Form
Metre 10010111 110101 11010101 0101111 11110101 010101 1101111 110111 110001010 110101 1100011 110101 1110101011 110111 111010111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 522
Words 103
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 183
Words per stanza (avg) 51
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 31, 2023

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