This is an analysis of 329. Verses on the destruction of the Woods near Drumlanrig by Robert Burns.
AS on the banks o' wandering Nith,
Ae smiling simmer morn I stray'd,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbcb cdadaaba XaXabefe aeXeXXgX hfXXgXfX aeheaXfX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 110111001 11010111 1101111 11011101 11110101 11111101 10010101 11010001 11010101 11010101 11110101 10010111 1011111011 101001101 011100101 111100101 101010111 11111011 11111101 11010011 11011101 10111111 11011101 11110101 101010101 01111001 110010101 11010101 11010111 01011101 11010101 0100010100 10001110101 11111101 11110101 11010111 10010101 110101001 11010111 110111010 110100101 101111111 111111001 11011101 110100101 11011111 1111111 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 53
Repeated words/phrases
and, my, has, your
Anaphora
and, to, has, or
