This is an analysis of Tam Samson's Elegy by Robert Burns.
HAS auld Kilmarnock seen the deil?
Or great Mackinlay 1 thrawn his heel?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXX XccbcB aaabXB DddbXB DeeebXB aaabaB XXXbXB bbbXbB fffbXX XXXXgX hhhbhB XhhbXX gggbgB iiibiX jjjXjB fkfk lXlXXX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,4,6,
- Metre: 11011101 111001101 110010111 0111 101111101 101010 01111111 11111101 11011111 0101 011101001 1101 010101010 111101010 111101010 1101 110111010 1101 11010101 11010101 10010101 1101 1011010100 1101 11010101 11011101 01111101 11011101 0111 11111110100 1101 11010101 111001101 11110111 1111 11011111 1101 01110101 11101001 11011111 1001 11010110 1101 11010101 11010101 11010101 1101 11111101 1101 011101010 010101010 010111110 1101 110111010 101010 1100101110 110101110 110101110 1101 110111110 101010 110111010 110101010 111101010 1111 111001111010 1101 110101010 110101010 111110010 1101 111101010 101010 11110101 01010101 110010101 0111 01111001 1101 11010101 11010111 110101001 11011 11010101 101010 110110010 011110111 11111101 1110 11010111 1101 010001011111 1101011 01010101 1111111 110011101010 110111111 110101010 01010 111001111 11010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 117
Repeated words/phrases
an', or, and, in, vain, he
Anaphora
or, an', and, ye, in, ilk