This is an analysis of The Calf by Robert Burns.
RIGHT, sir! your text I'll prove it true,
Tho' heretics may laugh;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX eXeX fgfg gXgX cdcX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111101 110011 11011011 111101 11110011 111101 11111111 111101 1001010010 110011 0101010010 1101001 11111001 111101 01101111 010101 101111001 011111 11110111 011001 11110101 0101010 01011111 101010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 29