This is an analysis of Written In Friars' Carse Hermitage (Second Version) by Robert Burns.
THOU whom chance may hither lead,
Be thou clad in russet weed,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccXd eeddff ggbbccaahh eiiiccaaccjjkkaaXXiiie fflldddaX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,10,22,9,
- Metre: 1111101 0110101 0110101 1110111 1010111 1010101 11111010 1110111 11110101 01110101 1000101 1010101 11011001 110011101 1111111 10100101 1110101 1110111 1110101 1010101 10101001 1011101 11010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 11010101 1010101 11010101 11111111 11010101 100100111 111100100 010100001 0111111 0110111 01010111 11010111 10110111 11101101 01110101 01010101 10011111 11010101 11010101 10010111 1011101 0010101 1111101 1111101 11011011 01110001 01110101 1011011 1010010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
thou, and, to
Anaphora
be, did, to
Anadiplosis
sleep
