This is an analysis of Epistle To The Rev. John M'Math by Robert Burns.
WHILE at the stook the shearers cow'r
To shun the bitter blaudin' show'r,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXaba cccbcb dXdeXe fffgXg cccaca hhhXhX ggghgh eeeiei ggXifi jjXcjc iiieie iiifif fffcfc hhhfhf hhhXhb Xiiehe
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11010101 01010101 10100101 0101 011101010 0101 1110110010 111111110 011101110 11110 111101010 11000 111111010 11010101 110101110 10111 11010101 11011 111111100 110011110 111111110 11010 110111100 11110 11101101 11110001 11011101 11011 11011101 11111 11011101 01000111 11011101 11010 11010101 01010 111111001 01010110 11110101 1101 11010101 0101 110101110 1111001110 110111010 11001 110101010 1101 11011101 11011101 11011101 1101 11111101 1111 11010011 11110111 11011101 1111 11111111 0101 11010101 10011111 10010101 11011 01001101 11011 111111001 11010011 010011111 0101 11011101 0101 01110111 01110101 01111001 11110 110101101 11010 11111101 01110001 010100101 01010 11110101 11010 10110111 10110111 11111101 11110 101101101 11010 100101110 10010010 01010101 111101 10011101 111001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 111
Repeated words/phrases
an', their, i, be, in, spite, o'
Anaphora
to, their, an, they, in, sir
Epiphora
be
