This is an analysis of Coming Through The Rye by Robert Burns.

Coming thro' the rye, poor body,
Coming thro' the rye,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBXB abXB ABXb AcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10101110 10101 11010100 10101 11011110 10101 11010100 10101 10101010 10101 101010100 10101 10101010 10101 101010100 1011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

coming, thro', rye, body

Anaphora

coming