This is an analysis of For A' That And A' That by Robert Burns.
1 Is there, for honest poverty,
2 That hings his head, an' a' that?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabaaaXa cacaaaXa dadaaada aaaaaaea baeaaaXa
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 101110100 11101111 101011111 11101111 1111111 11101111 101010101 10101111 1111100111 11101111 111111111 10101111 1111111 11101111 1010111011 10111111 11111101 11111111 111010101 11101111 1111111 10101111 101110101 11111111 101110101 10111111 1111011001 11111011 1111111 11100111 101111111 11101111 111111101 11100111 1111110101 11101111 1111111 10101111 111010110 11100111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
that, a', an', for
Epiphora
that