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.


Scheme ABABXBXX XCXCXXXX
Poetic Form
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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