This is an analysis of Song—tam Glen by Robert Burns.
MY heart is a-breaking, dear Tittie,
Some counsel unto me come len',…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXab cbcb XbXb dbdb ebeb fXfX XbXb Xabab
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 11001011 11010111 010010010 11011111 010110110 01011101 111010010 01101011 110011100 10101100111 111111010 11011111 110110011 11101111 110110011 11111111 11111011 11111011 100011111 11011111 101010110 11011101 111110110 1101101010 011011110 11011111 010110110 101011111 11011110 1111111 110011010 01111011
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 39
Repeated words/phrases
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