This is an analysis of Remorse: A Fragment by Robert Burns.
OF all the numerous ills that hurt our peace,
That press the soul, or wring the mind with anguish…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdXXdXaecadabeXXeadX
- Stanza lengths: 22,
- Metre: 01010011111 11011101010 0101000111 1111011111 0101010101 1001101110100 11010100010 010101011010 1101010101 01001010001 0101111010 01010011011 11110111010 11010111011 110101 1101111101 1101010001 1101010001 11010100010 1101010101 1101010001 11001000001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 22
Repeated words/phrases
our, of
Anaphora
o