This is an analysis of Scots Prologue For Mr. Sutherland by Robert Burns.
WHAT needs this din about the town o' Lon'on,
How this new play an' that new sang is comin?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaabXccddee ccddaaXfffggffcchhiigg aabbjjXfkk XXllkkdddd
- Stanza lengths: 12,22,10,10,
- Metre: 11010101110 10111111010 10010111010 11011101010 0111010111 0101111111 1100011101 01111101001 1111111111 01010101001 111001010010 11010101010 0111010111 11001011101 1101011101 0101010111 111011110001 1101010101 110100101010 10110001010 1101111101 0101010101 11101000111 1111010101 11110101010 01110101010 01010111010 11011101010 1101010101 11000101001 1111010001 0101000101 0101111101 1111010101 11110010101 1101010101 11011101010 11110101010 1101110101 1111011111 11011011010 11110101010 0111010101 111111101 11111111010 1011111010100 1111111111 1101000101 11111011111 1101010111 110011111011 11010011010 1111010111 1111111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 57
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