This is an analysis of Song—of A' The Airts The Wind Can Blaw by Robert Burns.

OF 1 a' the airts the wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXcac bdbdbcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 011010111 110101 1101101 010111 11111101 1100101 11111101 010111 110001010 110111 110001001 110101 110110101 110111 1101111 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

and, i, her

Anaphora

i