Analysis of Go Fetch To Me A Pint

Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)



Go fetch to me a pint o wine,
And fill it in a silver tassie;
That I may drink, before I go,
A service to my bonie lassie:
The boat rocks at the Pier o' Leith,
Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry,
The ship rides by the Berwick-law,
And I maun leave my bonie Mary.

The trumpets sound, the banners fly,
The glittering spears are ranked ready,
The shouts o' war are heard afar,
The battle closes deep and bloody.
It's not the roar o' sea or shore,
Wad make me langer wish to tarry;
Nor shouts o' war that's heard afar-
It's leaving thee, my bonie Mary!


Scheme XAXAXBXB XBCBXBCB
Poetic Form
Metre 11110111 01100101 11110111 01011110 01110111 110111010 01110101 01111110 01010101 010011110 01111101 010101010 11011111 111101110 11111101 11011110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 560
Words 112
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 208
Words per stanza (avg) 55
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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