This is an analysis of Song—the Lass Of Cessnock Banks by Robert Burns.
ON Cessnock banks a lassie dwells;
Could I describe her shape and mein;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaX bbbX cbcX bbbX dbdX eXeX fbfX gbgX fbfX hbeX hbhX abaX cbcX ibiX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010101 11010111 11011101 1111100101 11010101 11010101 111101001 1111100101 11011101 11010101 11010101 1111100101 11010101 01111111 11000101 1111100101 01110101 11010101 110111001 1111100101 01010101 110101110 11010111 1111100101 010010101 11010101 11010101 1111100101 01111101 010101001 110010101 1111100101 01010101 11010101 11010101 1111100101 01111101 11010101 11011101 1111100101 01110101 01010101 11010101 1111100101 01010101 11010101 11010101 1111100101 01010101 11110101 101110001 1111100101 101010101 11010101 101110101 11000101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 69
Repeated words/phrases
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