This is an analysis of John Anderson My Jo by Robert Burns.
John Anderson my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AXabaXcC AXaXacbC
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 1100111 110110 1101010 110111 1111011 111101 11011101 110011 1100111 1101100 110111 1111100 1111011 110111 11100101 110011
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
your, john
Anaphora
your, john, and