This is an analysis of Prologue, Spoken By Mr. Woods At Edinburgh by Robert Burns.
WHEN, by a generous Public's kind acclaim,
That dearest meed is granted—honest fame;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXX ccddddbbeeaaffggbbffddhhbbaa eeiiggddd
- Stanza lengths: 6,28,9,
- Metre: 11010010101 1101010101 1111000101 11001010101 11110100101 1101000101 1001010101 01110100101 1111010101 1101011101 11010011101 01110100001 110010100101 1101011101 0111010111 11010100101 0100110101 11011101101 11001010011 01010010101 1101111001 1101010101 11111100111 0101111101 1011010011 1101100101 1011110101 1101111101 11010100101 1001110001 1101010111 0100110101 1100011101 1100010111 111101100101 11010101001 11110101010 110010100010 1111010001 11001101001 1101000101 1111110101 110101110011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 45
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