Scots, Wha Hae Wi' Wallace Bled by Robert Burns: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Scots, Wha Hae Wi' Wallace Bled that begins with:

Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaab XXXb cccd eeXd fffd gggd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1111101 1001101 10100 10111010 1011101 101110100 11100 1000101 1110101 1111001 11111 1110111 1010101 1011101 11101 1100111 1110101 1011101 11101 1011001 1010101 1000101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; wha is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words scots, see, wha, by are repeated.

    The author used the same word wha at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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