This is an analysis of O Tibbie, I Hae Seen The Day by Robert Burns.

Tune - "Invercauld's Reel, or Strathspey."
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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaa bXbaA cccaA dddaA eeXaA ccXaA bXbXA fffaAXdddaA
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Metre: 1100011100 1011011101 110011 11111101 111111 10111101 11111111 11110101 110111 110111011 11011111 01011111 11111101 1111011 110111011 11111111 01110111 11111101 1001101 110111011 11011111 10011101 11010101 111111 110111011 100101011 01110101 11111001 110111 110111011 10110111 110011010 11011111 010101 110111011 11011101 11011111 01011111 011111 110111011 11010111 11010001 11111101 111111 110111011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 45

Repeated words/phrases

i, ye

Anaphora

ye