Analysis of Wee Willie Gray
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
Wee Willie Gray, and his leather wallet,
Peel a willow wand to be him boots and jacket;
The rose upon the breir will be him trews an’ doublet,
The rose upon the breir will be him trews an’ doublet,
Wee Willie Gray, and his leather wallet,
Twice a lily-flower will be him sark and cravat;
Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet,
Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet.
| Scheme | AaAA AaAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101011010 10111111010 010101111111 010101111111 1101011010 101010111101 101011101110 101011101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 384 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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