This is an analysis of From Lines To William Simson by Robert Burns.
1 Auld Coila now may fidge fu' fain,
2 She's gotten poets o' her ain--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXabab cccdca aabXb Xaaeae bbXXbX dddddd bbXfXf ffXfff bbbebe ggghgh iiXgig
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 111011111 111010101 111110101 11111 111011101 10111 111010101 101010101 1111110001 101110 111110101 110010 111110100 1101101001 11101 111010111 11001 11100101110 11101001001 111011101 11111 111111101 11101 111110111 101111101 101110111 1110010 111011101 111010 1110011101 1111000111 111110101 111001 111010111 111001 111110111 1110011001 1110101001 11101 111010101 11101 111011101 111110101 11111010 11101 1110111001 11001 111011111 101010111 110010101 11111 111010101 10111 1011101010 1111011010 1101101010 11111 1110111010 10111 101011111 11101111 111110110 111110 1110101001 111110
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 65
Repeated words/phrases
her, and