This is an analysis of Song—the Charms Of Lovely Davies by Robert Burns.
O HOW shall I, unskilfu', try
The poet's occupation?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabacddB befecbgb gbXbbbab XfbXabcB
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11111001 0101010 01001001010 1101010 101111101 1111011 11010101 0111010 11011101 1100010 11010110010 0100010 1011101001 1101010 11111111 1101010 010011101 1111110 01010101 0001010 01011111 10101010 11011101 01001010 11010101 01010010 01010101 01010010 11010101 0111010 11011101 0111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 35
Repeated words/phrases
they
Anaphora
the
