This is an analysis of Lovely Polly Stewart by Robert Burns.
Chorus.—O lovely Polly Stewart,
O charming Polly Stewart,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaba XaXaB XaXaB
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,5,
- Metre: 101101010 1101010 110101101 1111111 010010101 1111010 11110101 0101010 11010101 11111111 0101111 0101001010 1101010 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
it
Epiphora
stewart
