This is an analysis of Lament For James, Earl Of Glencairn by Robert Burns.
THE WIND blew hollow frae the hills,
By fits the sun's departing beam…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcX XabaefaX fXaghXbh hdiXfbbb adddcgig Xhchdcdc eghXcbcb Xchcdgfg ibibhjij cXddchXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 01110101 11010101 11010101 111010101 01010101 10001101 010110001 111101010 11101101 11110100 0101101 01011111 111101001 11110101 01010111 01010110 11011101 010010101 11111101 0100011 01111111 01110111 11010101 11010101 10101011 11110111 11110101 11110101 111111001 11010111 11110101 11010011 1011101000 11110101 11000101 01010101 01100101 11011111 11011101 11111101 101010111 11010101 01101101 01010101 01010111 11010101 1111111 11011101 100111111 01011101 01111101 11010100 11111101 11010101 01010001 11010101 101001101 11010111 11110101 11011001 11110101 11010101 01011101 010111001 101111101 11010101 11010101 10110101 10110111 01011101 11110101 11110101 11110101 11010110 01110101 110111010 01010101 11110101 11010110 111111110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 89
Repeated words/phrases
his, and
Anaphora
his, and, nae
