This is an analysis of Song—i'Ll Meet Thee On The Lea Rig by Robert Burns.

WHEN o'er the hill the eastern star
Tells bughtin time is near, my jo,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXaCA daeAbaCA XdadaeacA
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,9,
  • Metre: 110010101 11010111 11010101 01111101 11011101 11110111 1111011 11111 111100101 11110101 01111101 11111 10010111 11011101 1111011 11111 010100101 01010111 11010101 10010111 110101101 01111101 0111011 11111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 26