This is an analysis of My Last Farewell To Stirling by Robert Burns.

Nae lark in transport mounts the sky
Or leaves wi' early plaintive cry,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaab X bbbb ccXB dddB bXbB eeeB ffdB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11001101 11110101 11010101 11110101 10 11101111 110101111 11010101 01110101 11111001 11110011 11010111 11111101 11110101 010110101 11010111 11111101 11010111 10001111 11111101 11111101 11111101 11110101 11110101 11111101 11111111 110001101 11011111 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 29

Anaphora

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