This is an analysis of Prayer—o Thou Dread Power by Robert Burns.
O THOU dread Power, who reign'st above,
I know thou wilt me hear,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dddd efef gXgX hihi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111101101 111111 11010111 110101 010100101 110101 010101001 111011 11010111 010111 11000101 110101 11111101 010101 11110111 100101 01010101 010111 11011101 111110 11111111 10111010 11011101 0100010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
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