This is an analysis of Sonnet On The Death Of Robert Riddell by Robert Burns.

NO more, ye warblers of the wood! no more;
Nor pour your descant grating on my soul;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc eaae ff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,2,
  • Metre: 1111000111 1111010111 11101101101 110001110101 11111100111 1101011111 1110010101 1111001011101 1111010101 11010101001 0101111101 000100100110101 10101011101 11000110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

more, ye