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;…

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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