This is an analysis of Song—a Health To Ane I Loe Dear by Robert Burns.

Chorus—Here's a health to ane I loe dear,
Here's a health to ane I loe dear;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXb cXXbD dXXbD XXcbD
  • Stanza lengths: 4,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1010101111 10101111 11110111101 111110110 10111001 10101001 11011010 110010110 1011 11101101 11011111 110011110 1111101110 1011 11101101 11101101 111010010 1101100110 1011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 22

Anaphora

altho', i

Epiphora

dear