This is an analysis of Mary Morison by Robert Burns.

O Mary, at thy window be!
It is the wish'd the trysted hour.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXabXcbc dXdXXcXX XaXaXcac
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11011100 000101010 11110111 11010101 110011101 01011101 11010101 01010100 101001001 01110101 01110101 11110111 10111111 1101011 11111001 111101000 11011101 11111101 11111100 11010101 01111111 11010011 0110100 01110100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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