This is an analysis of Here's His Health In Water by Robert Burns.

ALTHO' my back be at the wa',
And tho' he be the fautor;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXAXaXaXXXA
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 10110101 1110010 10110101 1101010 11110101 1101110 11010101 1101010 11110101 1110010 11110101 1101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

be, tho'