Song—i Hae A Wife O' My Ain by Robert Burns: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Song—i Hae A Wife O' My Ain that begins with:

I HAE a wife of my ain,
I'll partake wi' naebody;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX aXaX bXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 1011100 111011 11100100 1101001 110100 111001 1111100 111001 1010100 110111 1111100 101011 1011100 100111 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i'll, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'll is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word naebody at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase naebody connects the lines.

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