The Wounded Hare by Robert Burns: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Wounded Hare that begins with:

INHUMAN man! curse on thy barb'rous art,
And blasted be thy murder-aiming eye;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc acca ecce affa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101111101 1100110101 1101011001 1101011101 1111000111 0101010101 11010011101 0101111111 1101110101 1101111101 010010101011 0110110101 0101010101 0101110111 1101010101 1101010101 1111011101 0101110101 11110100101 110101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; thy is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Wounded Hare;
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  • history of its creation;
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