This is an analysis of Afton Water by Robert Burns.
1 Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
2 Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabb ccXX aXdd eedd aaff Xabb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111011001111 111011101011 111001111001 111011001101 111111010101 111101001101 111101011010 111101111001 111011011001 111001001101 111011011101 111111011011 111011111001 111001101101 111111011001 101101111011 111011011001 111101111001 111011001011 1110011011111 111011001111 111011001011 111001111001 111011001101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
thy, gently, flow, my, sweet