This is an analysis of John Barleycorn: A Ballad by Robert Burns.
There was three kings unto the east,
Three kings both great and high,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abCb deCe dfdf ghih efef jkdk XbaX ljgX agXg jmem gifi eele eiei mbhb XeXe
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111001 111111 11110101 110011 11011111 110101 11110101 110011 1010011101 110101 11001101 110101 01010101 111111 01111101 111111 01010101 111111 01011101 111001 01010111 110001 11010001 011101 11010111 111101 11110101 101110 11110101 1100111 11110101 11110110 1110101 010001 1101100 111111 11110101 011101 11110101 111011 110100101 010001 101011101 11110111 111101011 110111 11011111 110101 110010101 010101 10111101 111101 11010101 110101 11010101 1010001 11111100 110101 11010100 110110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
him, and, more, 'twill
Anaphora
they, and, 'twill
