This is an analysis of A Dedication by Robert Burns.
Expect na, sir, in this narration,
A fleechin, fleth'rin Dedication,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccdd XXeeXXXa ffdd cccc ddddXgXhii XdiibbXXggaa aajb kkllXXhh jjaaXi aaiimmXfjjj aacc XieenX iiccXXXX kkddffXannXnjjXeX aXXXdd ddjXffllXXoollii
- Stanza lengths: 10,8,4,4,10,12,4,8,6,11,4,6,8,17,6,16,
- Metre: 011100010 010101010 01111111 11111101 011100101 01010001 110101111 110010101 11011111 11110001 011111101 1101110100 11111111 11010111 11110101 11010111 111111110 011101110 010111011 111111111 111111111 110111101 010111101 110111011 110100010 111101110 11001101 11010111 110111010 111111010 11111110 11010001 11011111 11111101 110111010 111101010 111101110 110101111 010101010 011100110 11011101 11101101 110111000 110101010 11011101 01000111 011100010 010101010 01001101 11110111 100111110 010101110 11010101 01010001 11010101 11011101 000111010 111100010 110111010 110101010 111111110 1111011110 11010101 11110111 110111100 010101010 1111001110 11101110 110100110 111101010 11010101 10010101 110001010 111101011 1100111001 11010101 110111001 110110010 111011010 110100111 110111011 111111110 1110001010 11111011 01010101 01111101 11010110 110101110 110100110 11101101 11011111 110111011 011111011 11011111 11110111 1011000101 11010101 11010101 11110101 110011001 1101001 110011010 111101010 11101110 111101110 01111101 11111101 111101001 11010101 1011111 11011111 011101100 101101010 010100100 111101100 110101110 111101110 110101010 10110101 1101011 010001010 110111100 111111011 111101111 11010111 11110101 11011101 11000101 00010101 01010101 11010101 11001101 010111010 111111110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 134
Repeated words/phrases
an', i, he, to, in, them, and
Anaphora
for, it's
Epiphora
him, yet, me, be, it, o't