This is an analysis of Song—fragment—damon And Sylvia by Robert Burns.

YON wandering rill that marks the hill,
And glances o'er the brae, Sir,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 110011101 11010011 11010110010 1101011 110101001 0111111 01110101 1101111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8