Analysis of A Red, Red Rose
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
O my Luve's like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June;
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry:
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare thee well, my only Luve
And fare thee well, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile.
Scheme | XAXA XBCB CDCD EFEF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110111 110101 111101 110101 11111101 110111 01111111 100111 10011111 0011101 1111111 1011111 01111101 011101 01110111 1101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 498 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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