Greitna, Father Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BEBC BEBF CCCC BBBB| Greitna father that I'm gauin | A |
| For fu' well ye ken the gaet | B |
| I' the winter corn ye're sawin | A |
| I' the hairst again ye hae't | B |
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| I'm gauin hame to see my mither | C |
| She'll be weel acquant or this | D |
| Sair we'll muse at ane anither | C |
| 'Tween the auld word an' new kiss | D |
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| Love I'm doobtin may be scanty | B |
| Roun ye efter I'm awa | E |
| Yon kirkyard has happin plenty | B |
| Close aside me green an' braw | C |
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| An' abune there's room for mony | B |
| 'Twasna made for ane or twa | E |
| But was aye for a' an' ony | B |
| Countin love the best ava | F |
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| There nane less ye'll be my father | C |
| Auld names we'll nor tyne nor spare | C |
| A' my sonship I maun gather | C |
| For the Son is king up there | C |
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| Greitna father that I'm gauin | B |
| For ye ken fu' well the gaet | B |
| Here in winter cast yer sawin | B |
| There in hairst again ye hae't | B |
George Macdonald
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