This is an analysis of Song—guid Ale Keeps The Heart Aboon by Robert Burns.

Chorus—O gude ale comes and gude ale goes;
Gude ale gars me sell my hose,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX XXbXC XXbXC
  • Stanza lengths: 4,5,5,
  • Metre: 1011111111 1111111 1111111 1111110 11110001 1111110 110011111 1110110 11111 11111110 11110101 11011111 1110110 11111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

gude, ale, my