This is an analysis of The Wounded Hare by Robert Burns.

INHUMAN man! curse on thy barb'rous art,
And blasted be thy murder-aiming eye;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc acca ecce affa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0101111101 1100110101 1101011001 1101011101 1111000111 0101010101 11010011101 0101111111 1101110101 1101111101 010010101011 0110110101 0101010101 0101110111 1101010101 1101010101 1111011101 0101110101 11110100101 110101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

thy

Anaphora

the