This is an analysis of Song—phillis The Fair by Robert Burns.

WHILE larks, with little wing,
Fann'd the pure air,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccB ababcccB dXdbcXcB
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 110101 1011 1001001 1101 101101 1100101 111011 1001 011101 1101 1111001 1111 100101 10010101 111011 1001 100101 1100 110101 1001 111100 110100 111101 1001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 26