This is an analysis of Jamie, Come Try Me by Robert Burns.
Chorus.—Jamie, come try me,
Jamie, come try me,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aABA baBAA XbabAA
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,6,
- Metre: 1010111 10111 011111 10111 011111 11011 011111 10111 101111 011111 11101 011011 10111 101111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
jamie, come, try, me
Anaphora
jamie
Epiphora
me
