This is an analysis of The Farewell by Robert Burns.
IT was a' for our rightfu' King
We left fair Scotland's strand;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaBCB XdXDCD XcXCCC XdXDCD XeXECE
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 01111101 111101 01111101 1101101 11 1101101 11011111 110101 11110111 111101 11 111101 11111101 100101 11010101 1011101 11 1011101 01010101 110101 11110111 100101 11 100101 11011101 111101 111111110 111111 11 111111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
the