Analysis of My Eppie Macnab

Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)



O saw ye my dearie, my Eppie Macnab?
O saw ye my dearie, my Eppie Macnab?
She's down in the yard, she's kissin the laird,
She winna come hame to her ain Jock Rab.

O come thy ways to me, my Eppie Macnab;
O come thy ways to me, my Eppie Macnab;
Whate'er thou hast dune, be it late, be it sune,
Thou's welcome again to thy ain Jock Rab.

What says she, my dearie, my Eppie Macnab?
What says she, my dearie, my Eppie Macnab?
She let's thee to wit that she has thee forgot,
And for ever disowns thee, her ain Jock Rab.

O had I ne'er seen thee, my Eppie Macnab!
O had I ne'er seen thee, my Eppie Macnab!
As light as the air, and as fause as thou's fair,
Thou's broken the heart o' thy ain Jock Rab.


Scheme AAxa AAxa AAxa AAxa
Poetic Form
Metre 111111101 111111101 110011101 111110111 1111111101 1111111101 10111111111 1100111111 111111101 111111101 11111111101 0110110111 1111111101 1111111101 11101011111 1100111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 699
Words 145
Sentences 11
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 127
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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