This is an analysis of Song Of The Edinburgh Academician by James Clerk Maxwell.
If ony here has got an ear,
He'd better tak’ a haud o’ me,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXb bbXb caXb daXb cXXd Xdcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01011111 11010111 11011101 01110100 110100 110100 01011011 11010100 11111111 11110111 11010101 11110100 11111111 11010101 11010101 11010100 11011101 11001000 11010110 11110100 11011111 01010101 11111101 01010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
old, academy, some
Epiphora
academy
