This is an analysis of Lines To An Old Sweetheart by Robert Burns.
ONCE fondly lov'd, and still remember'd dear,
Sweet early object of my youthful vows,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbaba
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 1101110101 1101001101 0101010101 1011110101 1111010101 1101111111 1101010101 11010110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8