This is an analysis of News, Lassies, News by Robert Burns.

THERE'S news, lassies, news,
Gude news I've to tell!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcCc deCeD XXXeD
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,5,5,
  • Metre: 11101 11101 101011 101101 10011010 1010101 111011 011101 10111011 1111 111011 011101 011 1111011 111011 1101011 1111001 011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

news, to