This is an analysis of Sappho Redivivus: A Fragment by Robert Burns.
BY all I lov'd, neglected and forgot,
No friendly face e'er lights my squalid cot;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXabbccddcc ddeeff ddgghh hXaaeeiiXdhheejjdd
- Stanza lengths: 12,6,6,18,
- Metre: 1111010101 11011011101 1101100100 0101000101 101101101 1101000101 1101110101 01110011101 0101111101 1111111111 1101010101 0101000101 0111001001 11010011111 0101110111 1101111101 110010100111 01010110001 1101101101 110111011 1110111101 1111110101 1111011101 1111111101 10111111101 110101011100 1101111101 11010111101 0101110101 1111110101 0101011101 1111011111 1001101100010 11010010101 1011100101 1101011101 1101010101 1101001001 1111010101 1101010101 1111011111 1111010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 45
Repeated words/phrases
my, i, by
Anaphora
by
