Analysis of The Birks Of Aberfeldy
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
Now simmer blinks on flow'ry braes,
And o'er the crystal streamlet plays,
Come, let us spend the lightsome days
In the birks of Aberfeldie!
Bonnie lassie, will ye go,
Will ye go, will ye go,
Bonnie lassie, will ye go
To the birks of Aberfeldie?
The little birdies blithely sing,
While o'er their heads the hazels hing;
Or lightly flit on wanton wing
In the birks of Aberfeldie!
Bonnie lassie, will ye go…
The braes ascend like lofty wa's,
The foaming stream, deep-roaring, fa's,
O'er-hung wi' fragrant spreading shaws,
The birks of Aberfeldie.
Bonnie lassie, will ye go…
The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers,
White o'er the linns the burnie pours,
And, rising, weets wi' misty showers
The birks of Aberfeldie.
Bonnie lassie, will ye go…
Let Fortune's gifts at random flee,
They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me,
Supremely blest wi' love and thee
In the birks of Aberfeldie.
Bonnie lassie, will ye go…
| Scheme | aaaBCcCb dddBC aaaBC aaaBC eeeBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111 01001011 1111011 00111 1010111 111111 1010111 10111 01010101 11011011 11011101 00111 1010111 01011101 01011101 101110101 0111 1010111 010111110 11001011 010111010 0111 1010111 11011101 11110111 010011101 00111 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 892 |
| Words | 159 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 28 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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