This is an analysis of To A Kiss by Robert Burns.

Humid seal of soft affections,
Tend'rest pledge of future bliss,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcdXcccc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 10101010 1010101 10101010 1111101 10101010 1011101 11101010 1010101 100110110 1011101 111101010 1010111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

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