The Fee Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABACA BDEDFD GHIHJH KLHLHL HHFHBH JBFBAB FHHHFH| In the heicht o' the foray | A |
| Sir Raif got a clour | A |
| Sir Raif the regairdless | B |
| In battle sae dour | A |
| O cleanly the saddle | C |
| They ca'ed him attour | A |
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| Then aid for his wounds | B |
| He did sairly beseech | D |
| An' aff to the greenwood | E |
| In shade o' a beech | D |
| They hurried auld Simon | F |
| The kintra side's leech | D |
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| Wi' a tow roon' his neck | G |
| Simon knelt on his knee | H |
| An' he saw as he glow'red | I |
| Wi' the tail o' his e'e | H |
| That armed men held it | J |
| Owre bough o' the tree | H |
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| Noo Simon to heal | K |
| Is your trade no' to kill | L |
| Quo' Sir Raif An' though mark ye | H |
| We dootna your skill | L |
| Grup the tow knaves If need be | H |
| Pull up wi' a will | L |
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| But what o' my fee | H |
| Noo I ask ye Sir Raif | H |
| Gin I live Master Simon | F |
| I'll wager it's safe | H |
| There Laugh not ye villains | B |
| His neck ye may chafe | H |
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| O stanched was the blue blude | J |
| That ran on the grass | B |
| Sae eident was Simon | F |
| His skill to surpass | B |
| Sir Raif was in fair way | A |
| His foes to harass | B |
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| An' the fee they gae Simon | F |
| The tale is aye rife | H |
| For fittin' Sir Raif | H |
| To wield sword i' the strife | H |
| 'Twas the greatest e'er gi'en | F |
| For they gae him his life | H |
David Rorie
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