This is an analysis of Epistle From Esopus To Maria by Robert Burns.
FROM those drear solitudes and frowsy cells,
Where Infamy with sad Repentance dwells;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabXccddeebb XdffggddddaahhiiddaaaagghhXibbccjjccccgggg aakkdd ddffiiff aaXXXbll Xcchhh
- Stanza lengths: 12,42,6,8,8,6,
- Metre: 01110001101 1100010101 1101010101 1101010110 1101001101 11010010100 1101000101 0101110111 1101110101 1111010101 01101110111 0101001001 1001111110100 11101101 0101010101 0111010101 0111110101 1101011101 1101010101 1101000111 0100010111 1101000101 1101010101 0101011001 11100110101 1101010101 1101011101 1101010101 11011100101 1111000101 1101010101 11011001001 01010101001 1101110101 0101010101 1101010101 1101010001 1101010001 0101100101 1101011101 1101000111 1101111101 1101011101 1101010101 11010101010 01010001010 1110111101 1101010101 1101000101 1101010101 01001010001 11000101001 1101010101 11010101011 01011110011 1101011101 0101111111 1111010101 11110011101 11001010101 1111111101 1111011001 1101010101 1101010001 1101010111 0101011111 1111010101 0111010111 0101111111 0101111001 1111110110 11111100101 1111010110 0101010101 1111010111 1111000101 1101011111 1101010101 1111111111 11001010001 111101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 86
Repeated words/phrases
and, my
Anaphora
where, will, must, who
