Analysis of 'Twas Na Her Bonnie Blue Een.
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
Tune - "Laddie, lie near me."
'Twas na her bonnie blue een was my ruin;
Fair tho' she be, that was ne'er my undoing:
'Twas the dear smile when naebody did mind us,
'Twas the bewitching, sweet stown glance o' kindness.
Sair do I fear that to hope is denied me,
Sair do I fear that despair maun abide me!
But tho' fell fortune should fate us to sever,
Queen shall she be in my bosom for ever.
Mary, I'm thine wi' a passion sincerest,
And thou hast plighted me love o' the dearest!
And thou'rt the angel that never can alter -
Sooner the sun in his motion would falter.
| Scheme | A XXBB AACC DDCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 11010111110 11111111010 101111111 101111110 11111111011 11111011011 11110111110 11110110110 101110101 0111111010 01010110110 10010110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 589 |
| Words | 123 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 07, 2023
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