This is an analysis of Song—poortith Cauld And Restless Love by Robert Burns.
O POORTITH cauld, and restless love,
Ye wrack my peace between ye;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abac aXaX dXdXB bdbdB DeDeB fXfcB
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 11011101 1111011 11011101 1111110 1011111101 1101100 111101011 0111010 0111111 0111011 11110101 1110011 111 01011101 1111110 110001001 1111110 111 11110101 1101011 11110101 1101111 111 11010101 110101 01010111 1101110 111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 33
