Analysis of On Burns

Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)



In whomsoe'er, since Poesy began,
A Poet most of all men we may scan,
Burns of all poets is the most a Man.


Scheme AAA
Poetic Form Tercet 
Triplet
Metre 011101 0101111111 1111010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 115
Words 25
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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