Sir Patrick Spens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFDF DGAG HIHI JFJF KFLF MFHF NFHM OHHF MFMP NFMF QNLF NFDF RFMF SFTN DMMM MMMM UNTN VNMN VNMN ANMN MFNF MWAW MMAM MWAW NXAM

Border MinstrelsyA
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The king sits in Dunfermline townB
Drinking the blude red wine oC
O whare will I get a skeely skipperD
To sail this new ship of mine oC
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O up and spake an eldern knightE
Sat at the king's right kneeF
Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailorD
That ever saild the seaF
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Our king has written a braid letterD
And seald it with his handG
And sent it to Sir Patrick SpensA
Was walking on the strandG
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To Noroway to NorowayH
To Noroway oer the faemI
The king's daughter of NorowayH
'Tis thou maun bring her hameI
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The first word that Sir Patrick readJ
Sae loud loud laughed heF
The neist word that Sir Patrick readJ
The tear blinded his eeF
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O wha is this has done this deedK
And tauld the king o meF
To send us out at this time of the yearL
To sail upon the seaF
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Be it wind be it weet be it hall be it sleetM
Our ship must sail the faemF
The king's daughter of NorowayH
'Tis we must fetch her hameF
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They hoysed their sails on Monenday mornN
Wi' a' the speed they mayF
They hae landed in NorowayH
Upon a WodensdayM
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They hadna been a week a weekO
In Noroway but twaeH
When that the lords o NorowayH
Began aloud to sayF
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Ye Scottishmen spend a' our king's goudM
And a' our queenis feeF
Ye lie ye lie ye liars loudM
Fu' loud I hear ye lieP
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For I brought as much white monieN
As gane my men and meF
And I brought a half fou' o' gude red goudM
Out o'er the sea wi' meF
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Make ready make ready my merry men a'Q
Our gude ship sails the mornN
Now ever alake my master dearL
I fear a deadly stormF
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I saw the new moon late yestreenN
Wi' the auld moon in her armF
And if we gang to sea masterD
I fear we'll come to harmF
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They hadna sail'd a league a leagueR
A league but barely threeF
When the lift grew dark and the wind blew loudM
And gurly grew the seaF
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The ankers brak and the top masts lapS
It was sic a deadly stormF
And the waves cam o'er the broken shipT
Till a' her sides were tornN
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O where will I get a gude sailorD
To take my helm in handM
Till I get up to the tall top mastM
To see if I can spy landM
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O here am I a sailor gudeM
To take the helm in handM
Till you go up to the tall top mastM
But I fear you'll ne'er spy landM
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He hadna gane a step a stepU
A step but barely aneN
When a bout flew out of our goodly shipT
And the salt sea it came inN
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Gae fetch a web o' the silken claithV
Another o' the twineN
And wap them into our ship's sideM
And let na the sea come inN
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They fetchd a web o the silken claithV
Another o the twineN
And they wapped them roun that gude ship's sideM
But still the sea came inN
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O laith laith were our gude Scots lordsA
To weet their cork heel'd shoonN
But lang or a the play was play'dM
They wat their hats aboonN
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And mony was the feather bedM
That fluttered on the faemF
And mony was the gude lord's sonN
That never mair cam hameF
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The ladyes wrang their fingers whiteM
The maidens tore their hairW
A' for the sake of their true lovesA
For them they'll see na mairW
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O lang lang may the ladyes sitM
Wi' their fans into their handM
Before they see Sir Patrick SpensA
Come sailing to the strandM
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And lang lang may the maidens sitM
Wi' their goud kaims in their hairW
A' waiting for their ain dear lovesA
For them they'll see na mairW
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O forty miles off AberdeenN
'Tis fifty fathoms deepX
And there lies gude Sir Patrick SpensA
Wi' the Scots lords at his feetM

Andrew Lang



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