The Howdie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CBCB DBEB BBFB GBGB BGGG GBBB| 'Twas in a wee bit but an' ben | A |
| She bade when first I kent her | B |
| Doon the side roadie by the kirk | C |
| Whaur Andra was precentor | B |
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| An' a' the week he keepit thrang | C |
| At's wark as village thatcher | B |
| Whiles sairly fashed by women folk | C |
| Wi' Hurry up an' catch her | B |
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| Nae books e'er ravel't Tibbie's harns | D |
| Nae college lear had reached her | B |
| An' a' she kent aboot her job | E |
| Her ain experience teached her | B |
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| To this cauld warld in fifty year | B |
| She'd fosh near auchteen hunner | B |
| Losh keep's When a' thing's said an' dune | F |
| The cratur' was a won'er | B |
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| A' gate she'd traivelled day an' nicht | G |
| A' kin' o' orra weather | B |
| Had seen her trampin' on the road | G |
| Or trailin' through the heather | B |
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| But Time had set her pechin' sair | B |
| As on his way he birled | G |
| The body startit failin' fast | G |
| An' gettin' auld an' nirled | G |
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| An' syne to weet the bairnie's heid | G |
| Owre muckle whiles they'd gie her | B |
| But noo she's deid ay mony a year | B |
| An' Andra's sleepin' wi' her | B |
David Rorie M.d.
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