This is an analysis of Epitaph On John Dove, Innkeeper by Robert Burns.
HERE lies Johnie Pigeon;
What was his religion?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaXbX Xacbbc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,
- Metre: 111010 110010 1001001 01101 11001 11101011 111100 111010 011101010 101101 101001 11101010
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 13
