This is an analysis of Last May A Braw Wooer by Robert Burns.
Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen,
And sair wi' his love he did deave me;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababb XXaXX cXcdd efeff gXgXX hihii jajXX klkll
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 1101111011 111011011 11111011011 011100011011 011100011 1110101111 11111111 1111111111 011011111 0110111 0111010101 110110010 110111110011 11111110110 11111110 11111001111 011010110 11011011101 111011110110 111011110 1101111011 110011100 11111101011 110111010010 110111010 11111011101 110111110 11110011001 11110110110 11110110 110111011011 111010010 1101110111 110111010010 110111010 11110011001 111111110 110001011001 111111010010 111111010
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
me, he, for, liein, i, but, offers, waur, her, could, bear, and, dear, lassie, swearin, how, to, him, morrow
Anaphora
the, but, guess, i, and
Epiphora
me, liein, offers, her, warlock, lassie, swearin, morrow