Analysis of In The Character Of A Ruined Farmer
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
Tune - "Go from my window, Love, do."
The sun he is sunk in the west,
All creatures retired to rest,
While here I sit, all sore beset,
With sorrow, grief, and woe:
And it's O, fickle Fortune, O!
The prosperous man is asleep,
Nor hears how the whirlwinds sweep;
But Misery and I must watch
The surly tempest blow:
And it's O, fickle Fortune, O!
There lies the dear partner of my breast;
Her cares for a moment at rest:
Must I see thee, my youthful pride,
Thus brought so very low!
And it's O, fickle Fortune, O!
There lie my sweet babies in her arms;
No anxious fear their little hearts alarms;
But for their sake my heart does ache,
With many a bitter throe:
And it's O, fickle Fortune, O!
I once was by Fortune carest:
I once could relieve the distrest:
Now life's poor support, hardly earn'd
My fate will scarce bestow:
And it's O, fickle Fortune, O!
No comfort, no comfort I have!
How welcome to me were the grave!
But then my wife and children dear-
O, wither would they go!
And it's O, fickle Fortune, O!
O whither, O whither shall I turn!
All friendless, forsaken, forlorn!
For, in this world, Rest or Peace
I never more shall know!
And it's O, fickle Fortune, O!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111011 01111001 1100111 11111101 110101 01110101 01001101 111011 11000111 010101 01110101 110110111 01101011 11111101 111101 01110101 111110001 1101110101 11111111 1100101 01110101 1111101 1110101 11101101 111101 01110101 11011011 11011001 11110101 110111 01110101 110110111 1101001 1011111 110111 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,142 |
Words | 225 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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