This is an analysis of Song—o May, Thy Morn by Robert Burns.
O MAY, thy morn was ne'er so sweet
As the mirk night o' December!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXaBABA XXXbCBCB
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 11111111 10111010 110010101 1101010 11111111 1101010 11111111 1101010 11001110 1101010 11001111 11111100 11001111 0101010 11001111 0101010
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
i
Anaphora
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