This is an analysis of A Prayer In The Prospect Of Death by Robert Burns.
O THOU unknown, Almighty Cause
Of all my hope and fear!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb acdc XeXe dfdf fgXg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010101 011111 011101110 011101 01110011 011101 11010011 1000111 1111111 010111 11001101 110111 11010111 110101 11101111 010101 10010111 110111 11101101 100001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 24
