This is an analysis of Epistle To John Goldie, In Kilmarnock by Robert Burns.
O GOWDIE, terror o' the whigs,
Dread o' blackcoats and rev'rend wigs!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabab cccdcd cccdcd eXXfXf ggXege XXXhXh dddidi XXXcXc jXjeje
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 1110101 11101101 101001011 1111 10010101 1111 110101010 111001010 1111101010 01010 011111010 11110 1001010 100100010 110111110 11010 010111010 11010 110101010 110010101 11110101 1111 1101100101 1101 011101101 01110110 110111111 01110 11111101 11010 11111101 11011110 11010111 1111 11111110 1111 1010111010 011111010 111101010 1101 011101110 1101 110101010 1011011110 11011110 1111 10110101 0111 11110101 11111101 11110111 11010 11110101 11010
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 62
Repeated words/phrases
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Anadiplosis
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