This is an analysis of O Were My Love Yon Lilac Fair by Robert Burns.
O WERE my Love yon lilac fair,
Wi' purple blossoms to the spring,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXcbc XXXXdddd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 10111111 110100001 11010101 11011101 11111011 11011101 11111101 11010101 11110111 11010101 11100111 10010101 11010101 11110101 11011101 110101101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
