This is an analysis of The Auld Farmer's New-Year-Morning Salutation To His Auld Mare , Maggie by Robert Burns.
A Guide New-year I wish thee, Maggie!
Hae, there's a ripp to thy auld baggie:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXb aXXbbb cccXcd eeecec aaXXXX dddede fffXXX XXXdXd gggdgX fffXff XhXiXX XXjiXX kkkiki XjXXXX XXXXXX jjjjjj XXXXhX XXilil
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 011111110 110101110 11110111 1101 11111101 1101 111101110 11111101 1101111 011 110111011 1001 11110111 01010111 11110101 11011 11111101 1101 01111101 11111101 11111101 1101 10111111 1111 111101110 111101110 1111111 1111 110011011 1101 111101101 1111111 111100101 1101 1101111 1101 111111110 110101010 111101010 1111 11011101 1110 11110111 11011101 11111111 1101 11011110 1111 111111110 110111010 110111010 1111 110111010 10011 01111010 110111010 111111110 1101 111111010 11110 1101011 110011111 11110111 01110 11110111 11100 110111110 111111110 111011110 11110 111011110 1101 11111101 11011101 11110111 10010 110110111 11110 011111010 010111110 110111110 1101 111101110 1110 11011111 1101011001 1111110 1111 11110111 0101 100111111 1101011 110110111 1101 11010111 1101 111111010 110111100 111111010 1111 010101011 1111 110100100 110111100 11111110 01101 111101110 1101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 18
- Lines: 108
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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