This is an analysis of Ye Jacobites By Name by Robert Burns.
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear!
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccddcc aaeeaa ffggff
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 110111111111 110111111 110111 1101001 110111111111 110111111 1011101101101 1011101101 1011101 011101 011101101101 011101101 110101101101 110101101 110101 0110101 11010111011101 1101011101 111101001001 111101001 111101 010101 110101001001 110101001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
ye, jacobites, by, name, lend, ear, what, you, hear, law, and, for, to, draw, makes, heroic, strife, famed, afar, bluidy, wi, war, in, state, alone, his, fate
Anaphora
ye, your, what, a, or, then, and
Epiphora
ear, hear, law, draw, afar, war, state, fate
