This is an analysis of 152. Extempore In The Court Of Session by Robert Burns.

LORD ADVOCATEHE clenched his pamphlet in his fist,
He quoted and he hinted,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaXbab XbXbXbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 110001010001 1101110 10010001 0100110 111111 1101101 11010111 111111 101000001011 1101011 01011101 11010011 111010010 1101011 01111111 11001011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

his, he

Anaphora

he