This is an analysis of Peggy by Robert Burns.
Now westlin winds and slaught'ring guns
Bring autumn's pleasant weather;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcbdb aaeaXdXd Xbcbfcfc ghXhfbcb XidiXbfb a acXc XfGf gcGc XeXe
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,1,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 1101010 1010011101 1001010 110111001 0101010 1011111111 0110110 01010101 0101010 01111101 0101010 110101010 0101010 010110001 0101010 11011101 0101010 11011110 1101010 10010101 1001010 01010101 0101010 11010101 1101010 01010101 1101110 11111101 1101010 01010101 11001010 11011101 10101110 11111101 1111110 11010101 1100010 11101101 1111010 11010111 111010111 110101 11101010 110101 11111101 110111 11011111 110111 11011111 1011101 11011111 1010111 11011101 110101 11010111 1001101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 57
Repeated words/phrases
to, red, my, like, and
Anaphora
the, some, not, my, till, and
Epiphora
rose