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
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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