Analysis of Again Rejoicing Nature Sees
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
Again rejoicing nature sees
Her robe assume its vernal hues,
Her leafy looks wave in the breeze,
All freshly steep'd in morning dews.
And maun I still on Menie doat,
And bear the scorn that's in her ee?
For it's jet, jet black, an' it's like a hawk,
An' it winna let a body be!
In vain to me the cowslips blaw,
In vain to me the vi'lets spring;
In vain to me, in glen or shaw,
The mavis and the lintwhite sing.
And maun I still...
The merry ploughboy cheers his team,
Wi' joy the tentie seedsman stalks,
But life to me 's a weary dream,
A dream of ane that never wauks.
And maun I still...
The wanton coot the water skims,
Among the reeds the ducklings cry,
The stately swan majestic swims,
And every thing is blest but I.
And maun I still...
The shepherd steeks his faulding slap,
And owre the moorlands whistles shill,
Wi' wild, unequal, wand'ring step,
I meet him on the dewy hill.
And maun I still...
And when the lark, 'tween light and dark,
Blythe waukens by the daisy's side,
And mounts and sings on fluttering wings,
A woe-worn ghaist I hameward glide.
And maun I still...
Come, Winter, with thine angry howl,
And raging bend the naked tree;
Thy gloom will soothe my cheerless soul,
When Nature all is sad like me!
And maun I still...
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Metre | 01010101 01011101 01011001 11010101 0111111 01011001 1111111101 11110101 0111011 01110111 01110111 0100011 0111 0101111 1101101 111110101 01111101 0111 01010101 01010101 01010101 010011111 0111 01011101 0101101 11010111 11110101 0111 01011101 1110101 010111001 0111111 0111 11011101 01010101 1111111 11011111 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,393 |
Words | 237 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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