This is an analysis of Address To The Unco Guid by Robert Burns.
O YE wha are sae guid yoursel',
Sae pious and sae holy,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xababcbc dedefXfX gXgchihX fjXjbkbk ililmeme eeeenini iiXiomom Xififmmmg
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,
- Metre: 11111110 1101110 11011111 1101110 11010111 0111110 0110101 1101110 11110001 1101110 11011101 1101010 11110101 1110100 1111101 1101100 11111101 1101010 11010101 1101010 01110101 1100110 11111101 1101110 11110101 1111010 11010110 1101010 11111111 1111111 10011101 0101011 11011111 1101010 11100011 0100110 11110101 10101010 11110101 0100010 110101001 1101010 01111101 0101110 01110101 0101010 11110111 1101010 11011101 1101010 11110101 0101010 11110101 0101110 11110111 1101110 11011101 0100111 111101001 101010010 11010101 1101010 11110101 1111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 71
Repeated words/phrases
and, sae, their
Anaphora
their, a
