This is an analysis of Epitaph For Mr. William Michie, Schoolmaster by Robert Burns.

HERE lie Willie Michie's banes;
O Satan, when ye tak him,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1110101 1101111 11010111 1101110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4