This is an analysis of Address To The Tooth-Ache by Robert Burns.

My curse upon your venom'd stang,
That shoots my tortur'd gums alang;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXabac ccbdcd eeXXeX XcXXcX eeeXeX XXefXf
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 110111001 11110110 111111001 11010 10111101 11010 11011110 100111010 110100111 11001 111111010 1111 101101010 1101110010 110100101 0111 110111010 0011 11010101 11110101 11011101 1101 01111111 1101 100110111 11011101 1111101 0101 11110101 1001 11110101 11010101 11101101 01011 11011101 01011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

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