This is an analysis of Behold The Hour, The Boat, Arrive by Robert Burns.
BEHOLD the hour, the boat, arrive!
My dearest Nancy, O fareweel!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc dcdc cccX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 010100101 110101100 10111101 11111111 10111011 11010111 10110101 11110101 10010101 11011111 01010101 11011101 100110010011 101110110 11111101 111111110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 19
