This is an analysis of Fragment Of Song—the Night Was Still by Robert Burns.
THE NIGHT was still, and o'er the hill
The moon shone on the castle wa';…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaXaXaX
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 011111001 01110101 01011111 01010101 11001101 11010101 1101001001 1100011110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
Anaphora
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