The Twa Corbies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DEFF BGHI BBFF BBFF| Child vol i | A |
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| As I was walking all alane | B |
| I heard twa corbies making a mane | B |
| The tane unto the t'other say | C |
| Where sall we gang and dine the day | C |
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| In behint yon auld fail dyke | D |
| I wot there lies a new slain knight | E |
| And naebody kens that he lies there | F |
| But his hawk his hound and his lady fair | F |
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| His hound is to the hunting gane | B |
| His hawk to fetch the wild fowl hame | G |
| His lady's ta'en another mate | H |
| So we may make our dinner sweet | I |
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| Ye'll sit on his white hause bane | B |
| And I'll pike out his bonny blue een | B |
| Wi ae lock o his gowden hair | F |
| We'll theek our nest when it grows bare | F |
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| Mony a one for him makes mane | B |
| But nane sall ken whae he is gane | B |
| Oer his white banes when they are bare | F |
| The wind sall blaw for evermair | F |
Andrew Lang
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