This is an analysis of On A Scotch Bard, Gone To The West Indies by Robert Burns.
A' YE wha live by sowps o' drink,
A' ye wha live by crambo-clink,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabXB cXcbcB dddXdB eXebXB cccbcB fffbfB XXabaB XgXbgB XeXbXB hhhXhb
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11111111 11111101 11111101 1111 110111101 1101 01111101 11010101 11110101 0101 11111001 1101 01101111 101101011 010111111 1101 111111011 1101 110111010 11111101 111111110 1011 11111101 1101 1111101 11010111 11011111 0101 110101001 1101 111000111 110010101 01010111 1110 11011001 1101 010101010 1010100110 101101010 1101 110100010 1101 111101100 110101110 110111010 1101 011111110 1101 01010111 111011 11110101 1111 111100101 1101 111101010 110111110 111101010 110 111011010 1101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 69
Repeated words/phrases
a', wha, live, ye, him
Anaphora
a'
Epiphora
him
