This is an analysis of Duncan Gray by Robert Burns.

1 Duncan Gray came here to woo,
2 Ha, ha, the wooin o't!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXX bXXXcXcX bXbXaaXX dXdXXeeX fXfXggXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11011101 11111011 111111101 11111011 11010111 11101101 11110110 11111011 110101101 11111011 11111101 11111011 11011110 11011111 11110101 11111011 11111101 11111011 11010101 11111011 11110111 1101011 11110111 11111011 11011101 11111011 11111111 11111011 11000101 11010111 111011111 11111011 11010111 11111011 11010101 11111011 11011001 110101001 1111111 11111011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

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