This is an analysis of No Churchman Am I by Robert Burns.
NO churchman am I for to rail and to write,
No statesman nor soldier to plot or to fight,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddbb eebb ffgg hhbb Xcbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101101 11011001101 11101010001 101101001011 01111011101 11101011011 101001011111 101010111011 11001101001 11011001001 11101101001 101101011011 01011001101 11101001101 1111100101 101101001111 11101001001 01001111101 101011111001 001001011011 10011110001011 101111111011 111010111001 101101001001 01010001010011010110100 11001001101 110110001011 101101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
to, no, i, his
Anaphora
no