This is an analysis of 233. Song—O were I on Parnassus Hill by Robert Burns.
O, WERE I on Parnassus hill,
Or had o' Helicon my fill,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabaXab bbbbccXb Xddbcccb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 10111101 11110111 11110101 0111111 11101101 1110111 11001111 1111111 11110111 11011101 11011101 1111111 111101001 11111111 11011101 11011111 11110111 01111101 11111111 1101011 11010101 01010101 11110111 1111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 26
Repeated words/phrases
i, thy, by
Anaphora
thy, till
