This is an analysis of Epigram On A Swearing Coxcomb by Robert Burns.

HERE cursing, swearing Burton lies,
A buck, a beau, or "Dem my eyes!"…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 11010101 01011101100 10010100 1011010110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4