This is an analysis of 516. Song—I'll aye ca' in by yon town by Robert Burns.
Chorus—I'll aye ca' in by yon town,
And by yon garden-green again;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa babaC XcacaC
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,6,
- Metre: 101110111 11110101 1110111 1111101 11111111 11110101 11110101 11011101 11101 11010101 11011101 11010111 11110101 11101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
yon, by
