This is an analysis of Song—behold, My Love, How Green The Groves by Robert Burns.
BEHOLD, my love, how green the groves,
The primrose banks how fair;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caXa XXXX cdad deXe XdXd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01111101 011111 010101010 111101 01010101 1100101 11011111 010101 11010101 010101 01010101 100101 01010101 110111 11111111 010111 010001001 010101 010010101 100111 111101101 110111 01011101 111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 29
Anaphora
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