This is an analysis of Saw You My Dear, My Philly by Robert Burns.
O SAW ye my Dear, my Philly?
O saw ye my Dear, my Philly,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXa AAXa AAXa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111110 11111110 1110111011 110110010 11111110 11111110 1110111101 1010101010 111111110 111111110 1110111111 110011110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
my, she, thee
Anaphora
o, what
Epiphora
philly
