This is an analysis of Song—my Nanie, O! by Robert Burns.
BEHIND yon hills where Lugar flows,
'Mang moors an' mosses many, O,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXa baba caca aaaa dada dada aaXa Xdada
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 01111101 11110101 01010111 1110011 01011111 01111101 111111111 1101011 11010111 11010111 111001001 1101111 01010101 1101111 01010111 1100111 01010101 11101111 11111110 0101011 11011101 1111011 1111101 1111111 11100101 0111111 10111101 1111111 11111111 11110111 11010111 1111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 39
Anaphora
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