This is an analysis of Ca' The Yowes To The Knowes by Robert Burns.

1 Ca' the yowes to the knowes,
2 Ca' them where the heather grows…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX bXbX cccd aaad eeeX fffX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110100010 11010101 1101011 1111 11010101 11010110 11010111 1111 11111101 11010101 110011101 1001110 110101010 111111110 1100101010 1101110 11110111 1110111011 11011111 1111 11110111 11111101 11111101 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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