This is an analysis of 491. Song—Lassie wi' the Lint-white Locks by Robert Burns.
Chorus.—Lassie wi'the lint-white locks,
Bonie lassie, artless lassie,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXab cccbC dddbC eeebC cccbC fffbC
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 10101111 1101010 1111101 110111 110101001 11011111 11110111 1110111 10101 01110101 01110111 01011101 1101111 10101 110101010 111101010 100101010 1101111 10101 110011101 010101001 11010111 1111111 10101 11010101 01110111 10001101 1101111 10101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
lassie
Anaphora
wilt, the
