Analysis of Here's a Bottle
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
There's nane that's blest of human kind
But the cheerful and the gay, man.
Here's a bottle and an honest friend!
What wad ye wish for mair, man?
Wha kens, before his life may end,
What his share may be o' care, man?
Then catch the moments as they fly,
And use them as ye ought, man!
Believe me, Happiness is shy,
And comes not ay when sought, man!
| Scheme | XA BABA CACA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11111101 10100011 101001101 1111111 11011111 11111111 11010111 0111111 01110011 0111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 346 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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