Analysis of Tear-drop, The

Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)



Wae is my heart, and the tear's in my e'e;
Lang lang Joy's been a stranger to me:
Forsaken and friendless, my burden I bear,
And the sweet voice o' Pity ne'er sounds in my ear.

Love thou hast pleasures, and deep hae I lov'd;
Love, thou hast sorrows, and sair hae I prov'd;
But this bruised heart that now bleeds in my breast,
I can feel by its throbbings, will soon be at rest.

Of, if I were - where happy I hae been -
Down by yon stream, and yon bonie castle-green;
For there he is wand'ring and musing on me,
Wha wad soon dry the tear frae his Phillis' e'e


Scheme AAXX XXBB XXAA
Poetic Form
Metre 11110010111 111101011 0100111011 001111011011 1111001111 1111001111 1111111011 11111111111 1110110111 1111011101 11111101011 111101111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 568
Words 115
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 138
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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