This is an analysis of Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns.
1 Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
2 Ae fareweel, and then forever!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddaaddee ffaaaabb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 111111110 1110011010 110111111 110111111 111111011 110101111 111101011 110101011 111111010 110101110 110101010 111011010 111101110 111101110 110111010 111101010 111111110 111111110 110101110 110101110 111111110 1110001010 110111111 110111111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
and, me, love, her, never, we, had
Epiphora
thee, him, me
