This is an analysis of On Glenriddell's Fox Breaking His Chain by Robert Burns.
THOU, Liberty, thou art my theme;
Not such as idle poets dream,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabcddXeccXf bbgg hhffggii ccjjhh bbcceehhffcc ddXXggffkkkkff ccllhheeXa
- Stanza lengths: 12,4,8,6,12,14,10,
- Metre: 11001111 11110101 111101010 100101111 111011110 111101010 01010101 110111110 111101110 111101010 101101011 111111110 11101101 11010101 10010101 11010001 10010101 01010011 110101110 010100010 11100110 010111001 10110001 11010111 01011001 11000101 111101010 100101100 0101010010 010100010 11010101 01011101 010101010 010101110 01001101 11110101 11010101 010100111 11100011110 010101010 1111010010 110111110 110101010 110111010 010101010 111101010 11010101 100100101 110110010 101101110 011100001 01010101 11011101 01010101 111101010 110111010 11010101 010100101 100101010 111111010 110111010 0100001010 110110010 111101010 1111110111 110101110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
thy
Anaphora
and
