'bobbie' For Brotherhood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEE FGFGHCHCII IJIJBKBKII LMLMNINIII| Lang syne I penned a mickle rhyme | A |
| That muckle grief brocht to my soul | B |
| For critics said 'twas aye a crime | A |
| Nae Scottish patriot could thole | B |
| Whit way I ca'ed their honored bard | C |
| Wi' kind intention 'Bobbie' Burns | D |
| Aye mon they smote me fine an' hard | C |
| Wi' sic' fierce words as nae yin learns | D |
| Save native sons those braw stern men | E |
| O' mountain crag an' heather glen | E |
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| Misdoubtin' whit my critics said | F |
| An' sair distressed aboot my plight | G |
| A notion cam' intil my head | F |
| To haud a Scottish plebiscite | G |
| Forbye I passed frae Scot to Scot | H |
| Spierin' whit way they named their bard | C |
| An' aye the same reply I got | H |
| Wi'out dispute in sic' regard | C |
| For ilka mon gie'd answer straight | I |
| Wi' ne'er a thocht tae heesitate | I |
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| A mon frae Glasea first I speired | I |
| A humble an' unlettered loon | J |
| An' then a scholar red o' beard | I |
| That cam' from Edinburgh toon | J |
| A Hielan' chief a rowan' chiel | B |
| Men oot o' Leith an' Aberdeen | K |
| Tae ane an' a' I made appeal | B |
| Tae gowk an' greybeard wife an' wean | K |
| An' a' wi' unanimity | I |
| The selfsame answer gi'ed tae me | I |
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| An 'twas na' Robert Rab or Rob | L |
| They ca'ed yon braw poetic yin | M |
| That wakes in Scottish hearts a throb | L |
| Wi' words that mak' the whole world kin | M |
| They named him 'Bobbie' wi'out shame | N |
| As Bobbie he will ever be | I |
| To sic' as scorn to clothe his name | N |
| Wi' smug respectabeelity | I |
| To humble hearts his songs defend | I |
| Beloved Bobbie brither friend | I |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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