Song—kenmure's On And Awa, Willie by Robert Burns: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Song—kenmure's On And Awa, Willie that begins with:

O KENMURE'S on and awa, Willie,
O Kenmure's on and awa:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX abXb acXc acXc aXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111010 11001110 110010101 1101011 010100110 0101001 11011101 1111001 110010110 1100101 1101011001 111101 110011110 1100111 11111101 111111 11111110 111111 1111010 1100111 11111010 111110 110101111 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; kenmure's, wi', here's are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, success, here's, they'll are repeated.

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