This is an analysis of I Murder Hate by Robert Burns.
I MURDER hate by flood or field,
Tho' glory's name may screen us;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd XeXefXfX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 11011111 1101111 01111111 1101010 01001101 1101110 01010111 1001010 11111101 1101010 1110100 1111010 01000111 1111010 11111101 0101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 17
Anaphora
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