This is an analysis of The Charming Month Of May by Robert Burns.
IT was the charming month of May,
When all the flow'rs were fresh and gay.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaBcccB dbdB Xaabbcccba
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,10,
- Metre: 01010101 11010111 11010101 0101010 01010101 11010101 110010111 0101010 101011101 10101010 10100101 0101010 01010111 110111001 01010100 1101010 11010101 010010101 1000101001 0101010 10111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 23
