A Valentine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAAB CBCCCB DBDDDB EBFEEB BBBBBB BBBBBB GBEHIB IBIIBB| YE are twa laddies unco gleg | A |
| An' blithe an' bonnie | B |
| As licht o' heel as Anster's Meg | A |
| Gin ye'd a lassie's favor beg | A |
| I' faith she couldna stir a peg | A |
| Ance lookin' on ye | B |
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| He's a douce wiselike callant Jim | C |
| Of wit aye ready | B |
| Cuts aff ane's sentence 't ither's limb | C |
| An' whiles he's daft and whiles he's grim | C |
| But brains wha's got the like o'him | C |
| In's wee bit heidie | B |
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| Dear laddie wi' the curlin' hair | D |
| Gentlest of ony | B |
| That gies kind looks an' speeches fair | D |
| To dour auld wives as lassies rare | D |
| I ken a score o' lads an' mair | D |
| But nane like Johnnie | B |
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| And gin ye learn the way to woo | E |
| Hae sweethearts mony | B |
| O laddie never say ye loe | F |
| An' gie fause coin for siller true | E |
| A lassie's sair heart's naething new | E |
| Mind o' that Johnnie | B |
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| An' dinna change your luve sae fast | B |
| For ilk face bonnie | B |
| Lest waefu' want track wilfu' waste | B |
| And a' your youthfu' years lang past | B |
| Ye get the crookit stick at last | B |
| Ochone puir Johnnie | B |
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| But callants baith tak tent and when | B |
| Bright e'en hae won ye | B |
| Tak each your jo and keep her then | B |
| Be faithfu' as ye're fond ye ken | B |
| Or gang your gate like honest men | B |
| Young Jim and Johnnie | B |
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| Sae when auld Time his crookit claw | G |
| Sall lay upon ye | B |
| When Jim your feet that dance sae braw | E |
| Are no the lightest in the ha' | H |
| An' a' your curly haffets fa' | I |
| My winsome Johnnie | B |
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| May each his ain warm ingle view | I |
| Cosie as ony | B |
| A gudewife sonsie leal and true | I |
| O' bonnie dochters not a few | I |
| An' lads sic lads as ye're the noo | B |
| Dear Jim and Johnnie | B |
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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