This is an analysis of Ballad On The American War by Robert Burns.
WHEN Guilford good our pilot stood
An' did our hellim thraw, man,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbXbdb dbbbebab XbXbbbeb XbcbXbXb fbXbebdb Xbebgbdb XbdbXbfX bbdbXbgX fbXbbbXb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11001101 1011011 11110101 0101001 11110101 1001011 10110110 1101111 11010101 1111111 11011101 110011 11101101 0101011 11010101 1001011 11010101 1111011 110111001 1101001 11111101 1101011 11111111 111111 01111111 1101011 11011101 0101011 01011111 1001111 11011101 1100011 11011101 0101011 111101101 0101011 11011101 1101111 11011101 110010011 11011101 1101111 11011101 0101011 11011101 1001011 11110101 1110011 111101010 1101101 1010101001 1101111 01011110 1101011 11010111 101010110 01011101 0101111 11100101 0101011 11010101 0101011 11011101 11110110 11111111 10101011 11011111 0110011 11001101 1001011 11111111 0101011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 80
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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