This is an analysis of Anna, Thy Charms by Robert Burns.
Yestreen I had a pint o' wine,
A place where body saw na;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXab cbcb dbXb eXeb fbfb dXdb gXgbXXfb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,8,
- Metre: 10110111 0111011 10110111 0101010 01010100 01010010 11001101 0101010 11110111 1100010 11011101 0101010 110101001 1101100 110100001 1111110 10110101 1011010 111111001 1001110 10110101 1111011 11110101 1010110 01111111 0111110 01111101 1110110 10011111 0110110 11111101 0110110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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