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,…
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
