Analysis of Bonnie Kilmany
William Topaz McGonagall 1825 – 1902 (Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh)
Bonnie Kilmany, in the County of Fife,
Is a healthy spot to reside in to lengthen one's life.
The scenery there in the summer time is truly grand,
Especially the beautiful hills and the woodland.
Then, bonnie Annie, will you go with me
And leave the crowded city of Dundee,
And breathe the pure, fragrant air
In the Howe of Kilmany, so lovely and fair?
And the little village in the Howe is lovely to see,
In the midst of green trees and shrubbery;
And the little rivulet, as it wimples along,
Can be heard singing aloud an aquatic song.
And the old church there is built on a knoll,
And on the Sabbath mornings the church bell does toll,
Inviting the people to join in prayer,
While the echoes of the bell is heard in mid-air.
Then there's a little schoolroom, surrounded by trees,
A favourite haunt for butterflies and busy bees,
And an old red-tiled smithy near by,
And the clink of the hammers can be heard sounding high.
And thew's a wood sawmill by the roadway,
And the noise can be heard by night and day,
As the circular saw wheels round and round,
Making the village with its echoes resound.
And in the harvest time on a fine summer morn
The Howe looks most beautiful when the corn is shorn;
And to hear the beautiful lark singing on high
Will make you exclaim, "Dull care, good-bye."
Scheme | AABB CCDDCCEE FFDD GGHH IIJJ KKHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101001011 10101101011011 01001001011101 01001001001 1101011111 0101010101 0101101 0011111001 00101000111011 0011110100 0010111101 111100110101 0011111101 010101001111 0100101101 101010111011 11010101011 0111100101 01111111 0011010111101 01011101 0011111101 1010011101 1001011101 000101101101 011110010111 011010011011 111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,317 |
Words | 249 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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