This is an analysis of Sonnet On The Author's Birthday by Robert Burns.
SING on, sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough,
Sing on, sweet bird, I listen to thy strain,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba Xccd effe Xdd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,3,
- Metre: 1111010101 1111110011 111010101 1111010101 1011000101 1110011001 1001010101 1101110111 11110001001 11111111011 1001111101 1111011101 1111010011 011101110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 17
Anaphora
sing
