This is an analysis of Elegy On Stella by Robert Burns.
STRAIT is the spot and green the sod
From whence my sorrows flow;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb abab defe Xcfc aghg aaia jdid ekak lfbf Xfdf ghah gbjb kmam agfg ahah iafa gnXn hmam fjXj Xelah
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 10011101 011101 11010101 010001 10101101 1100111 11010101 110101 11110111 111101 11100101 010001 11110101 110101 01110101 110111 10010001 111101 11011111 010101 11010101 010111 01110101 1100101 11010111 110111 10110111 010001 11010101 111101 01010101 110111 01111101 0110001 01011101 010101 100100101 110101 11010101 110101 11110111 110101 01110111 111101 01111111 111101 11010101 011111 10110011 110101 11110101 110111 10110111 010111 01011101 010101 11010101 110111 01110101 110101 11110101 1100101 01011101 011101 11010101 100101 10110111 010101 01010111 111001 11010101 1000001 01110101 111101 01011110 110101 11111101 1011001 11010101 0001001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 20
- Lines: 99
Repeated words/phrases
thy, by, his
Anaphora
the, his
