This is an analysis of Mr. William Smellie: A Sketch by Robert Burns.
SHREWD Willie Smellie to Crochallan came;
The old cock'd hat, the grey surtout the same;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcc
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 110101001 0111011001 01001110001 1111110101 01001011101 0111011101 1101011101 0111010010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
his
