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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