This is an analysis of A Mother's Lament For Her Son's Death by Robert Burns.
FATE gave the word, the arrow sped,
And pierc'd my darling's heart;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fbfb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010101 111101 10110111 110101 11010101 0110001 11010111 110101 01010001 1001001 11111101 010111 11111101 111111 11110111 011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 19
Anaphora
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