This is an analysis of Song—the Winter Of Life by Robert Burns.

BUT lately seen in gladsome green,
The woods rejoic'd the day,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXXbX XdXdcaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11010101 010101 1101001010 010101 111111 110110 11010101 011101 11111101 110101 11011111 101101 111101 111101 11011101 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 17