Analysis of Tibbie Dunbar

Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)



O, wilt thou go wi' me,
Sweet Tibbie Dunbar?
O, wilt thou go wi' me,
Sweet Tibbie Dunbar?
Wilt thou ride on a horse,
Or be drawn in a car,
Or walk by my side,
O sweet Tibbie Dunbar?

I care na thy daddie,
His lands and his money,
I care na thy kin
Sae high and sae lordly;
But say thou wilt ha'e me
For better for waur—
And come in thy coatie,
Sweet Tibbie Dunbar!


Scheme ABABxbcb caxxabcB
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 11010 111111 11010 111101 111001 11111 111010 11111 110110 11111 11011 1111111 11011 01011 11010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 358
Words 79
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 134
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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