Analysis of My Love, She's But A Lassie Yet
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
My love, she's but a lassie yet,
My love, she's but a lassie yet!
We'll let her stand a year or twa,
She'll no be half sae saucy yet!
I rue the day I sought her, O!
I rue the day I sought her, O!
Wha gets her need na say he's woo'd,
But he may say he has bought her, O.
Come draw a drap o' the best o't yet,
Come draw a drap o' the best o't yet!
Gae seek for pleasure whare ye will,
But here I never miss'd it yet.
We're a'dry wi' drinkin o't,
We're a'dry wi' drinkin o't!
The minister kiss't the fiddler's wife-
He could na preach for thinkin o't!
| Scheme | AAxa BBxb AAxa CCxc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101 11110101 11010111 11111101 11011101 11011101 11011111 111111101 1101101111 1101101111 11110111 11110111 1011111 1011111 01001101001 111111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 556 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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