This is an analysis of Robert Burns by William Topaz McGonagall.

Immortal Robert Burns of Ayr,
There's but few poets can with you compare;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXdd bbXXcc ddaa Xbcb XXdd eeaa
  • Stanza lengths: 7,6,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010101 1111010101 10110111101 010001000101 11010110010010 11011111 111010001 11010000101 11010101 0110010 1100100000101 11011101 1111101 1011010111111 111011101 11110001 01010101 1101101010 0110100001 10100010101 101010101011 1101111010 0110001111 111011111 1100101 010101110111 0101011101 11001010110101 1101100101110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 29

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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