This is an analysis of 320. Lines to Sir John Whitefoord, Bart by Robert Burns.
THOU, who thy honour as thy God rever'st,
Who, save thy mind's reproach, nought earthly fear'st,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbcc
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 1111011110 1111011101 01010100101 0101000101 0111010101 0101010101 1111111111 1101001011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
thy
Anaphora
the
