This is an analysis of Song—i'M O'Er Young To Marry Yet by Robert Burns.
Chorus.—I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young,
I'm o'er young to marry yet;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XcdcE bXcXE XcdcE XdcbcE
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,5,5,6,
- Metre: 1001010101 01010101 01011001 01111101 1111011 11011101 1100011 010011101 01011 1111011 01110101 01011111 01110101 01011 1000111 01110101 1111011 01111101 01011 11110101 11010101 10110101 11001101 01011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
i'm, o'er, young
Anaphora
i'm
