This is an analysis of Song—Farewell thou stream that winding flows by Robert Burns.
FAREWELL, thou stream that winding flows
Around Eliza's dwelling;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc bdbdefef gfgfhahb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 11111101 0110010 11010101 0111010 01010101 1101010 0101001001 1101110 11010101 1111110 010111001 0101010 11111001 1111011 11010111 1101011 01001111 1110011 11111101 1111111 101010101 0101010 110010111 0101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 26