The Oubit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGG H| It was an hairy oubit sae proud he crept alang | A |
| A feckless hairy oubit and merrily he sang | A |
| 'My Minnie bad me bide at hame until I won my wings | B |
| I show her soon my soul's aboon the warks o' creeping things ' | C |
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| This feckless hairy oubit cam' hirpling by the linn | D |
| A swirl o' wind cam' doun the glen and blew that oubit in | D |
| Oh when he took the water the saumon fry they rose | E |
| And tigg'd him a' to pieces sma' by head and tail and toes | E |
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| Tak' warning then young poets a' by this poor oubit's shame | F |
| Though Pegasus may nicher loud keep Pegasus at hame | F |
| Oh haud your hands frae inkhorns though a' the Muses woo | G |
| For critics lie like saumon fry to mak' their meals o' you | G |
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| Eversley | H |
Charles Kingsley
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