Analysis of A Bottle And Friend

Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)



There's nane that's blest of human kind,
But the cheerful and the gay, man,
Fal, la, la, &c.

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 aye when sought, man.


Scheme XAX BABA CACA
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 10100011 1111 101001101 1111111 11011111 11111111 11010111 0111111 01110011 0111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 374
Words 75
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 4
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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