This is an analysis of Hame, Hame, Hame by Allan Cunningham.

HAME, hame, hame, O hame fain wad I be--
O hame, hame, hame, to my ain countree!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aX aXAX XXXX bbXX bbXX AX
  • Stanza lengths: 2,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Metre: 111111110 11110111 101001011010101 0111110111 111111110 11110111 0111101010101 010110010011 11101101011010 110010111 1111111011011 101111001001 110101011110 1101111111 01111111001 011010101111 10110111011 1111101110 111111110 11110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

hame

Anaphora

the