This is an analysis of Song—sic A Wife As Willie Had by Robert Burns.
WILLIE WASTLE dwalt on Tweed,
The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbXAc bXXcXXAC acdcdXAC XXXXXcAC
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 101111 01110100 1010101 110111010 110111011 110011010 1011101 111101010 11111111 011101010 1101101 010111010 01010101 011111010 1011101 110101010 1110111 110101110 11011101 010101010 11010101 011101010 1011101 110101010 11010101 110101010 11010111 11011010 010101101 011101010 1011101 110101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 35
Repeated words/phrases
has, her
Anaphora
a, her
