Analysis of The Bonnie Lass o' Dundee
William Topaz McGonagall 1825 – 1902 (Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh)
O' a' the toons that I've been in,
I dearly love Dundee,
It's there the bonnie lassie lives,
The lass I love to see. Her face is fair, broon is her hair,
And dark blue is her e'e,
And aboon a' the lasses e'er I saw,
There's nane like her to me
The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie o' Bonnie Dundee.
I see her in my night dreams,
Wi' her bonnie blue e'e,
And her face it is the fairest,
That ever I did see;
And aboon a' the lassies e'er I eaw,
There's nane like her to me,
For she makes my heart feel lichtsome,
And I'm aye richt glad to see
The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie o' Bonnie Dundee.
Her eyes, they beam with innocence,
Most lovely for to see,
And her heart it is as free from guile,
As a child on its mother's knee;
And aboon a' the lasses e'er I saw,
There's nane like her to me,
For she aye seems so happy, And has a blythe bhnk in her e'e
The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie o' Bonnie Dundee.
The lassie is tidy in her claes,
Baith neat and clean to see;
And her body's sma and slender,
And a neat foot has she;
And aboon a' the lassies e'er I saw,
There's nane like her to me
The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie o' Bonnie Dundee.
She sings like the nightingale,
Richt merrily, or a wee lintie,
Wi' its heart fou' o' glee,
And she's as frisky as a bee;
And aboon a' the lassies e'er I saw,
There's nane like her to me
The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie o' Bonnie Dundee.
The lassie is as handsome
As the lily on the lea,
And her mou' it is as red
As a cherry on the tree;
And she's a' the world to me,
The bonnie broon-hair'd lassie
Wi' the bonnie blue e'e,
She's the joy o' my heart
And the flower o' Dundee.
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Metre | 10011110 110101 11010101 01111101111101 0111011 010011011 111011 010111011001 1100111 1010111 00111010 110111 010011011 111011 1111111 0111111 010111011001 01111100 110111 001111111 10111101 010011011 111011 1111110010110011 010111011001 010110001 110111 00101010 001111 010011011 111011 010111011001 1110100 11001011 111111 01110101 010011011 111011 010111011001 0101110 1010101 0011111 1010101 0100111 0101110 1010111 101111 0010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,566 |
Words | 324 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 9, 8, 7, 7, 9 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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