This is an analysis of Burlesque Lament Fo Wm. Creech's Absence by Robert Burns.
AULD chuckie Reekie's 1 sair distrest,
Down droops her ance weel burnish'd crest,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaXaX aaaXaX bbbcXX dddcXX XXeXeX fffXfX gggcgX hhXcXX XiXciX bbbXbX jjjXjX iiXciX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 110101110 11011101 1101101 1110 010111101 1010 11010101 11111101 1111101 1111 11110101 1010 01010111 01010111 11111101 1101 1101111 1010 11010111 11001101 11110101 0111 11110101 1010 010101010 111111010 110100110 0101 1111110010 1010 11110101 01001101 11010101 0101 01001101 1010 110100101 10111101 01010101 1111 11111101 1010 111111010 111101010 110101010 111 110111010 1010 1101011010 110111011 110101010 0111 11111110 1010 11010111 11011101 11011101 1101 1100111001 1010 11010101 01110001 11010101 0101 11011101 1110 110101011 110101101 0101111000 1101 100110100 1110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 83
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
the, and, may
Epiphora
him
