This is an analysis of Epitaph For Robert Aiken, Esq. by Robert Burns.

KNOW thou, O stranger to the fame
Of this much lov'd, much honoured name!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 11110001 001111001 11111101 01011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4