Sir Patrick Spens: 02 - The Return Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFG HIJI KDLE MEN MENE OEPE QDED RSTS RUVU UWTX| 'Mak ready mak ready my merry men a' | A |
| Our gude ship sails the morn ' | B |
| 'Now ever alack my master dear | C |
| I fear a deadly storm | D |
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| 'I saw the new moon late yestreen | E |
| Wi' the auld moon in her arm | F |
| And if we gang to sea master | G |
| I fear we'll come to harm ' | - |
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| They hadna sail'd a league a league | H |
| A league but barely three | I |
| When the lift grew dark and the wind blew loud | J |
| And gurly grew the sea | I |
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| The ankers brak and the topmast lap | K |
| It was sic a deadly storm | D |
| And the waves cam owre the broken ship | L |
| Till a' her sides were torn | E |
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| 'Go fetch a web o' the silken claith | M |
| Another o' the twine | E |
| And wap them into our ship's side | N |
| And let nae the sea come in ' | - |
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| They fetch'd a web o' the silken claith | M |
| Another o' the twine | E |
| And they wapp'd them round that gude ship's side | N |
| But still the sea came in | E |
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| O laith laith were our gude Scots lords | O |
| To wet their cork heel'd shoon | E |
| But lang or a' the play was play'd | P |
| They wat their hats aboon | E |
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| And mony was the feather bed | Q |
| That flatter'd on the faem | D |
| And mony was the gude lord's son | E |
| That never mair cam hame | D |
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| O lang lang may the ladies sit | R |
| Wi' their fans into their hand | S |
| Before they see Sir Patrick Spens | T |
| Come sailing to the strand | S |
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| And lang lang may the maidens sit | R |
| Wi' their gowd kames in their hair | U |
| A waiting for their ain dear loves | V |
| For them they'll see nae mair | U |
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| Half owre half owre to Aberdour | U |
| 'Tis fifty fathoms deep | W |
| And there lies gude Sir Patrick Spens | T |
| Wi' the Scots lords at his feet | X |
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