This is an analysis of Epitaph On A Lap-Dog by Robert Burns.

IN wood and wild, ye warbling throng,
Your heavy loss deplore;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 011111001 110101 110111001 110011 11010101 110101 111101001 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 9