This is an analysis of Grace Before And After Meat by Robert Burns.

O LORD, when hunger pinches sore,
Do thou stand us in stead,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXabXXXb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11110101 111101 11101101 01110101 11111101 1111010 11110101 111001001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8