Analysis of A Fragment.
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
Tune - "John Anderson my jo."
One night as I did wander,
When corn begins to shoot,
I sat me down to ponder,
Upon an auld tree root:
Auld Ayr ran by before me,
And bicker'd to the seas;
A cushat crooded o'er me,
That echoed thro' the braes.
| Scheme | X ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110011 1111110 110111 1111110 011111 1111011 010101 011101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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