This is an analysis of It Was A' For Our Rightful King by Robert Burns.
1 It was a' for our rightful king
2 That we left fair Scotland's strand;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcb XdXdcd XcXccc XdXdcd XeXece
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 101111101 11111101 101111101 11101101 111 11101101 111011111 1110101 1111101100 1111101 111 1111101 111111101 1010101 111010101 10011101 111 11011101 101010101 11010101 111110111 1100101 111 1100101 111011101 1111101 111111110 1011111 111 1011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
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