This is an analysis of Stanzas, On The Same Occasion by Robert Burns.
WHY am I loth to leave this earthly scene?
Have I so found it full of pleasing charms?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcc XdXddadaa ededdadaa
- Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,
- Metre: 1111010101 1111010101 1101010101 1101110101 0001011101 11100010101 1111110101 1100011101 110101010101 1111100111000 1101010101 1111010101 0111101101 0101011101 0101011101 11111100101 11110100101 111111100101 1111000101 0111010101 1111010101 1101000101 0101010111 11110010001 1101111100 0111001011 111011010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
of, again, to
Anaphora
some, fain, again, who
