This is an analysis of Song—yonder Pomp Of Costly Fashion by Robert Burns.

MARK yonder pomp of costly fashion
Round the wealthy, titled bride:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababb ccdccddd Xecee ffgaaeXg
  • Stanza lengths: 5,8,5,8,
  • Metre: 110101010 1010101 11010110 1011101 110111010 1101010 1101010 01101010011 010101 110101 110011 010101 1101011101 101111010 0100001 101101100100 1000101 10111 1101010 1110010 0101010110101 010101 0101001 1100101 010100 111100111001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 29

Anaphora

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