This is an analysis of The Gardener Wi' His Paidle by Robert Burns.

WHEN rosy May comes in wi' flowers,
To deck her gay, green-spreading bowers,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaX XXXX bbbX cccX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110110110 010111010 110101010 010101 01010101 01011101 01010111 010101 11010101 01010101 11011101 010101 11010001 01011101 1100111001 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 19

Anaphora

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