This is an analysis of To John Kennedy, Dumfries House by Robert Burns.
NOW, Kennedy, if foot or horse
E'er bring you in by Mauchlin corse,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaXaX bbbcXc ddXXdX eeecXc XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11000111 101101101 11110111 01010 11010111 11100 110101101 11111101 11110111 1111 10110101 1111 011101110 110101110 111101011 1110 11101110 1111 1011111 11010101 11110011 1101 11110101 1111 1010101 11110101 01011101 11101 11111111 1101101000111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 34
Anaphora
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