This is an analysis of O Aye My Wife She Dang Me by Robert Burns.

Chorus—O aye my wife she dang me,
An' aft my wife she bang'd me,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa bXbXA bcbcA
  • Stanza lengths: 4,5,5,
  • Metre: 101111111 1111111 011010100 11111011 11111111 1111110 11010101 1100100 11111 1110101 1111111 11111101 0111101 11111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 16

Epiphora

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