This is an analysis of Epigram On The Said Occasion by Robert Burns.
O DEATH, had'st thou but spar'd his life,
Whom we this day lament,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababaXXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 11111101 110101 11010101 110110 11101001 011101 11010101 110110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
