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…

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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

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