Analysis of Bonnie lass in the tender grass
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
Bonnie bonnie lass
Sweet as a sun ray ever was
Dancing in the tender grass
Dreaming of a lover from the past
The feeling seemed to last
Until the clouds began to bloom
And the voices sung away her man
Til the angels swept him away again
My bonnie bonnie lass
Oh what a beauty ever has
Was her upon a Sunday mass
Tears rolling from her burdened eyes
The only love she'd ever have
To worship each and every day
And the gentle words he'd always said
Each kiss a new root how to pray
Bonnie bonnie lass
Sweet as a sun ray ever was
Dancing in the tender grass
Dreaming of a lover from the past
| Scheme | ABAC cxxx axax xdxd ABAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) Quatrain (20%) |
| Metre | 10101 11011101 1000101 101010101 010111 01010111 001010101 1010110101 110101 11010101 1001011 11010101 01011101 110101001 00101111 11011111 10101 11011101 1000101 101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 594 |
| Words | 124 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on November 27, 2022
Submitted by heathert.34240 on November 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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