This is an analysis of She's Fair And Fause by Robert Burns.

SHE'S fair and fause that causes my smart,
I lo'ed her meikle and lang;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccb dedeccce
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 111111011 11001011 1100111011 1111011 01101111 11111101 1100111 110111 10101101 000101 11111011 010111 11010101 11011011 10101001011 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

she's, and, woman