This is an analysis of Masonic Song—ye Sons Of Old Killie by Robert Burns.

YE sons of old Killie, assembled by Willie,
To follow the noble vocation;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXaXa cbXbabcb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11011010110 010010010 110110111010 010110010 1100111001 110010110 0101111101 110010010 1101011001101 11110010 1101010101 11010010 010110110010 11010110 11001001001 110010010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

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