Analysis of Scots Wha Hae
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
Scots, wha hae wi Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome to your gory bed
Or to victorie!
Now's the day, and now's the hour:
See the front o' battle lour,
See approach proud Edward's power---
Chains and slaverie!
Wha will be a traitor knave?
Wha can fill a coward's grave?
Wha sae base as be a slave?---
Let him turn, and flee!
Wha for Scotland's King and Law
Freedom's sword will strongly draw,
Freeman stand, or Freeman fa',
Let him follow me!
By Oppression's woes and pains,
By your sons in servile chains,
We will drain your dearest veins,
But they shall be free!
Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow!---
Let us do, or die!
| Scheme | AAABBBBB CCCDXBCD EEEBFFFX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 111111 1011101 111 10101010 1011101 10111010 101 1110101 1110101 1111101 11101 1110101 1011101 1011101 11101 11101 1110101 1111101 11111 10111 10101001 10001001 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 700 |
| Words | 130 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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