This is an analysis of Caledonia: A Ballad by Robert Burns.
THERE was once a day, but old Time wasythen young,
That brave Caledonia, the chief of her line,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc dXdXebeb fcfcgcgc fhfhicic jdjdckck gbgbfiXf
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 111011111001 111010001001 0101101001 11111100001 01001001001 01101011111 0100101101 11011001000 01001101001 01001001001 01011001001 10010111010110 01011011111 01011101101 11001001001 01001001101 1101111001 0101100101 01001011010 11001111001 11001011011 10101100101 11001101011 01001011111 01001001001 01001001011 01011011101 11111001101 0101001001 110100001101 11101101001 1101001101 01101011001 01001101001 01101001101 01001011001 101011011001 11101011101 111010001101 1111101101 111010100011 01101011011 111010001010 11001011101 10011001011 00101111001 11100001000 11011011011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 53
Repeated words/phrases
her, to, and
Anaphora
the
