This is an analysis of On The Seas And Far Away by Robert Burns.
HOW can my poor heart be glad,
When absent from my sailor lad;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccDd dDDd eeffddDDDDDD gghhhhDDDDDD aaeeiiDDDDDD
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,12,12,12,
- Metre: 1111101 11001101 1110101 11010101 1110111 1110011 1011111 1011101 101011101 11011101 1011111 11011101 1010111 11010111 1000101 11010101 1011101 1011101 1101111 1111101 1011101 11011101 1101111 1111101 10101110 110101010 1010101 11010101 100001001 1010101 1111111 1011101 1011101 11011101 1111111 1011101 1110101 11110101 1010101 11010101 11101001 1110101 0111101 1111101 1011101 11011101 0111101 1111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
and, my, away, far
Anaphora
bullets, on
Epiphora
away
