This is an analysis of Song—such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation by Robert Burns.

FAREWEEL to a' our Scottish fame,
Fareweel our ancient glory;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD ececdddD fgfgXdXD
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 100011101 10011010 100100101 1101010 11110101 1110010 01110101 1010010010 11111101 1101110 01110101 11001010 01011101 0101010 11011011 1010010010 11111101 1101111 11111101 1111010 1111011110 1101010 11111101 1010010010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

fareweel

Anaphora

fareweel