Analysis of Gif A Lassie Spurn A Laddie.



Gif a lassie spurn a laddie
Wi' her needless Nays,
Thraves will pet the hapless plaidie
Wi' their loving ways;
So if Kirsty blaw him cauldly
As a winter day,
Bess and Belle will bless him bauldly
Wi' the breath of May.

Prudery still affects the valley,
Shady and alane,
Meeting souls that loveward sally,
Icy as a stane.
On the mountain true Love singeth,
Liberty is there;
Dalliance wingeth, Pleasure springeth,
From her waving hair.

On the peaks abide the pleasures,
Young and sweet and free,
Yoked with Youth's immortal treasures,
Love and Liberty;
So, the hilltops seek while soaring,
Eaglet of Love's sky;
Light adorned and Light adoring,
Bask, and burn and die.


Scheme ABABCACX CDCDEFEF GXGAHXHA
Poetic Form
Metre 1010101 10101 1110101 11101 111111 10101 1011111 10111 100101010 10001 1011110 10101 1010111 10011 1001101 10101 10101010 10101 11101010 10100 1011110 1111 10101010 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 650
Words 117
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 175
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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