This is an analysis of 314. Song—there'Ll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame by Robert Burns.
BY yon Castle wa', at the close of the day,
I heard a man sing, tho' his head it was grey:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabX ccbX XXbX ddbX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11101101001 11011101011 1111100111 10100111011 01001001001 01001011001 11111111101 10100111011 1101111011 11111111001 01011111011 10100111011 1100101111 1111111101 11111011101 10100111011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 19
