This is an analysis of Song—m'Pherson's Farewell by Robert Burns.

FAREWELL, ye dungeons dark and strong,
The wretch's destinie!…

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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