This is an analysis of Verses To Collector Mitchell by Robert Burns.
FRIEND of the Poet, tried and leal,
Wha, wanting thee, might beg or steal;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXbab cccdXd XXXeXe XXXXcX XXXfXf
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 10010111 11011111 10100101 11010 11010111 01110 110011110 111111010 01011110 0101 111111110 1101 110111110 010111010 1101010010 0111 010111010 0101 10010111010 111111010 111111010 1111 111111010 1101 111111011 111101011 111111011 0101 111101111 1111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
it, o't
Anaphora
but
Epiphora
it, o't
Anadiplosis
it