This is an analysis of Song—m'Pherson's Farewell by Robert Burns.
FAREWELL, ye dungeons dark and strong,
The wretch's destinie!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXab Xbcb XdXdB XcccB XXebB ebXbB
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 11110111 0110 1010101 110101 1011001100 110011 110011101 010101 11011101 1100101 11011001 111101 11001 01110111 111011 111010110 1111101 11001 11010111 11110 01111101 11100 11001 11111111 110101 11011001 011111 11001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 33
Repeated words/phrases
sae
Anaphora
and
Anadiplosis
he