This is an analysis of Song—whistle And I'Ll Come To You by Robert Burns.
Chorus.—O WHISTLE, an' I'll come to ye, my lad,
O whistle, an' I'll come to ye, my lad,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aAaA bbbBBB bXXBBB XbbbBBB
- Stanza lengths: 4,6,6,7,
- Metre: 101101110111 1101110111 11011011111 1101110111 11001111011 11101011001 11011111001 1111011001 1111011001 1101111 111110100111 11111111101 1110111111 1111011001 1111011001 1101111 11101111111 11111011001 11110011010 1111111011 1111111011 1101111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
an', my, whistle, i'll, come, to, ye, o, lad, me
Anaphora
and, yet, for
Epiphora
lad, me
