Analysis of Oh Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
Oh wert thou in the cauld blast,
On yonder lea, on yonder lea,
My plaidie to the angry airt,
I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee;
Or did misfortune's bitter storms
Around thee blaw, around thee blaw,
Thy bield should be my bosom,
To share it a', to share it a'.
Or were I in the wildest waste,
Sae black and bare, sae black and bare,
The desart were a paradise,
If thou wert there, if thou wert there.
Or were I monarch o' the globe,
Wi' thee to reign, wi' thee to reign,
The brightest jewel in my crown
Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.
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Metre | 1110011 11011101 1110101 11011101 111101 01110111 1111110 11101110 10100101 11011101 010010 11111111 1011101 11111111 01010011 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 200 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 11, 2023
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