This is an analysis of Verses To Clarinda by Robert Burns.

Fair Empress of the poet's soul,
And Queen of poetesses;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX bXXX aXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11000101 110100 01010101 0101010 110101001 1100111 110001001 1101010 1011110101 1101111 11111111 0110111100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

of, generous, love, to, those