This is an analysis of Thou Gloomy December by Robert Burns.
ANCE mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December!
Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow and care;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaB aaab XcXc XabaB
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 11111110010 1111111011 11010111010 1011011011 11010011010 11011011010 101010111110 1010011001 11010110010 1011101001 10010110110 1111111001 11111110010 1111111011 111010111010 1011011011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 19
Repeated words/phrases
mair
Anaphora
ance, still
