This is an analysis of Here's To Thy Health, My Bonie Lass by Robert Burns.
HERE'S to thy health, my bonie lass,
Gude nicht and joy be wi' thee;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbXbcb bdbdXbab ebbbXeee cfcfebXd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1011111 1111011 111101101 0111111 11011101 1111011 11111101 1111011 11110101 1111010 10110101 1111010 11111101 1110011 01011101 1101011 11111101 1111011 10111101 1100011 11111101 1111010 11111111 1111010 11111101 1101110 11111101 1111111 1111110111 1111111 101110101 1101110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 35
Repeated words/phrases
to, thee, i, as
