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