This is an analysis of The Fall Of The Leaf by Robert Burns.

THE LAZY mist hangs from the brow of the hill,
Concealing the course of the dark-winding rill;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd cccc eeff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01011001001 01001001101 11001111001 11001001011 01011001111 110110001001 01111001111 11101011101 11111111101 11001101101 11111001111 11101011011 11011111001 11011011011 10111001011 11001011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 19

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