This is an analysis of Ah, Woe Is Me, My Mother Dear by Robert Burns.
Ah, woe is me, my mother dear!
A man of strife ye've born me:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dcdX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 0101111 11010111 1101111 11111111 1111111 110010101 0101111 1101011 1101010 11111111 1111100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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