This is an analysis of Ballad On Mr. Heron's Election—no. 2 by Robert Burns.
FY, let us a' to Kirkcudbright,
For there will be bickerin' there;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xababcbc dXXXXccc Xedeafcf dafafgdg XhXhijij XaXaXkbk Xlilgcfc XXiXmefe ffXfbXbf XgXgdhXh elmgfgfg cmfmdeXe
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11110100 11001001 110111010 11101001 110010010 11001001 110111110 11001011 110011010 01101001 111111010 01111010 11001001 01111101 110011010 110100101 110010110 11011011 110010010 11101101 110010011 11001001 011010010 01001001 110010010 11001111 100110110 1100101 110011110 01111011 011110010 01101001 110010110 11001001 010011000 11001001 110011010 11111111 110010010 11101101 11001010 10011001 1100111101 1001101 11101010 010101101 110010110 11101101 110010010 1110010001 111010010 01101001 110111010 111010001 01010010 01011001 11111010 11011001 0010010010 01101011 111100010 01101111 110110010 11001011 111010010 01001001 111100110 11101011 110010010 11001001 110111110 11001001 110010100 11010011 11001010 11001101 110011010 111110011 110011000 11001101 110010110 11011101 110010010 01011101 110011010 11011101 110010010 11001101 1101100110 11101011 011100010 01011101 111010010 11111011 110010110 11011001
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 107
Repeated words/phrases
and, his
Anaphora
for, and, the
