The Bloody Sun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CBCBCB DBDBDB EBEBEB FBFBFB BBBBBBB BBBBBBB CBCBCCB BBBBBBB GBGBGGB HBHBHB IBIBIB JBJBHB EBEBEBO WHERE have ye been the morn sae late | A |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
O where have ye been the morn sae late | A |
And I wot I hae but anither | B |
By the water gate by the water gate | A |
O dear mither | B |
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And whatten kin o wark had ye there to make | C |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
And whatten kin o wark had ye there to make | C |
And I wot I hae but anither | B |
I watered my steeds with water frae the lake | C |
O dear mither | B |
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Why is your coat sae fouled the day | D |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
Why is your coat sae fouled the day | D |
And I wot I hae but anither | B |
The steeds were stamping sair by the weary banks of clay | D |
O dear mither | B |
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And where gat ye thae sleeves of red | E |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
And where gat ye thae sleeves of red | E |
And I wot I hae but anither | B |
I have slain my ae brither by the weary water head | E |
O dear mither | B |
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And where will ye gang to mak your mend | F |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
And where will ye gang to mak your mend | F |
And I wot I hae not anither | B |
The warldis way to the warldis end | F |
O dear mither | B |
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And what will ye leave your father dear | B |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
And what will ye leave your father dear | B |
And I wot I hae not anither | B |
The wood to fell and the logs to bear | B |
For he ll never see my body mair | B |
O dear mither | B |
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And what will ye leave your mither dear | B |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
And what will ye leave your mither dear | B |
And I wot I hae not anither | B |
The wool to card and the wool to wear | B |
For ye ll never see my body mair | B |
O dear mither | B |
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And what will ye leave for your wife to take | C |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
And what will ye leave for your wife to take | C |
And I wot I hae not anither | B |
A goodly gown and a fair new make | C |
For she ll do nae mair for my body s sake | C |
O dear mither | B |
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And what will ye leave your young son fair | B |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
And what will ye leave your young son fair | B |
And I wot ye hae not anither | B |
A twiggen school rod for his body to bear | B |
Though it garred him greet he ll get nae mair | B |
O dear mither | B |
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And what will ye leave your little daughter sweet | G |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
And what will ye leave your little daughter sweet | G |
And I wot ye hae not anither | B |
Wild mulberries for her mouth to eat | G |
She ll get nae mair though it garred her greet | G |
O dear mither | B |
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And when will ye come back frae roamin | H |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
And when will ye come back frae roamin | H |
And I wot I hae not anither | B |
When the sunrise out of the north is comen | H |
O dear mither | B |
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When shall the sunrise on the north side be | I |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
When shall the sunrise on the north side be | I |
And I wot I hae not anither | B |
When chuckie stanes shall swim in the sea | I |
O dear mither | B |
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When shall stanes in the sea swim | J |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
When shall stanes in the sea swim | J |
And I wot I hae not anither | B |
When birdies feathers are as lead therein | H |
O dear mither | B |
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When shall feathers be as lead | E |
My merry son come tell me hither | B |
When shall feathers be as lead | E |
And I wot I hae not anither | B |
When God shall judge between the quick and dead | E |
O dear mither | B |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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