The Trickster Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB AADA EFBF GEHE IFFF IJAJ FBKB EILI MGN BBEB OGLG| 'Twas the turn o' the nicht when a' was quate | A |
| An' niver a licht to see | B |
| That Death cam' stappin' the clachan through | C |
| As the kirk knock chappit three | B |
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| An' even forrit he keepit the road | A |
| Nor lookin' to either side | A |
| But heidin' straucht for the eastmost hoose | D |
| Whaur an auld wife used to bide | A |
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| Wi' ae lang stride he passed her door | E |
| Nor sign he niver gae nane | F |
| Save pu'in' a sprig o' the rowan tree | B |
| To flick on her window pane | F |
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| An' is this to be a' my warnin' Death | G |
| I'm fourscore year an' four | E |
| Yet niver a drogue has crossed my lips | H |
| Nor a doctor crossed my door | E |
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| I dinna seek to be forcy wife | I |
| But I hinna a meenute to tyne | F |
| An' ye see ye're due for a transfer noo | F |
| To the Session books frae mine | F |
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| At ilka cryin' I'm handy wife | I |
| Wi' herbs I hae trokit awa' | J |
| An' weel ye may dae's a gude turnie lad | A |
| That's dune ye ane or twa | J |
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| At the hin'er en' Fair Hornie then | F |
| Fair Hornie lat it be | B |
| An' Govy dick ye can tak your pick | K |
| O' the ways fowk chance to dee | B |
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| He rattled them owre till weel on fowre | E |
| An' the cock gae signs o' life | I |
| On ilka ill he spak' his fill | L |
| But nane o' them pleased the wife | I |
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| Wi' siccan a ch'ice ye're unco nice | M |
| Hoots came awa woman says Death | G |
| Gin ye canna wale ane o' the fancy kin's | N |
| What think ye o' 'Want o' breath ' | - |
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| Noo Faith the auld jade was a humoursome taed | B |
| As an auld wife weel can be | B |
| An' she leugh sae sair at his fleechin' air | E |
| It fairly gar't her dee | B |
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| Wi' a gey teuch sinon in your neck | O |
| Ye'll lang keep clear o' skaith | G |
| But the craftiest carle in a' the warl' | L |
| An' the kin'liest whiles is Death | G |
David Rorie
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