This is an analysis of Song—down The Burn, Davie Love by Robert Burns.
AS down the burn they took their way,
And thro' the flowery dale;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 11011111 1101001 01001101 111101 010011101 1100100 110101101 1111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 9
