The Laverock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBC DDDC EEEC FGGC EEEC HHHC HHHC IJIC K GEGE LLLL HCHC HLHL K LCLC HHHH EEEE HMHM HEHE EHEH HEHE ENEM| The Man says | A |
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| Laverock i' the lift | B |
| Hae ye nae sang thrift | B |
| 'At ye scatter 't sae heigh and lat it a' drift | B |
| Wasterfu laverock | C |
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| Dinna ye ken | D |
| 'At ye hing ower men | D |
| Wha haena a sang or a penny to spen | D |
| Hertless laverock | C |
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| But up there you | E |
| I' the bow o' the blue | E |
| Haud skirlin on as gien a' war new | E |
| Toom heidit laverock | C |
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| Haith ye're ower blythe | F |
| I see a great scythe | G |
| Swing whaur yer nestie lies doon i' the lythe | G |
| Liltin laverock | C |
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| Eh sic a soun | E |
| Birdie come doun | E |
| Ye're fey to sing sic a merry tune | E |
| Gowkit laverock | C |
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| Come to yer nest | H |
| Yer wife's sair prest | H |
| She's clean worn oot wi' duin her best | H |
| Rovin laverock | C |
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| Winna ye haud | H |
| Ye're surely mad | H |
| Is there naebody there to gie ye a dad | H |
| Menseless laverock | C |
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| Come doon and conform | I |
| Pyke an honest worm | J |
| And hap yer bairns frae the comin storm | I |
| Spendrife laverock | C |
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| The Bird sings | K |
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| My nestie it lieth | G |
| I' the how o' a ban' | E |
| The swing o' the scythe | G |
| 'Ill miss 't by a span | E |
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| The lift it's sae cheery | L |
| The win' it's sae free | L |
| I hing ower my dearie | L |
| And sing 'cause I see | L |
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| My wifie's wee breistie | H |
| Grows warm wi' my sang | C |
| And ilk crumpled up beastie | H |
| Kens no to think lang | C |
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| Up here the sun sings but | H |
| He only shines there | L |
| Ye haena nae wings but | H |
| Come up on a prayer | L |
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| The man sings | K |
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| Ye wee daurin cratur | L |
| Ye rant and ye sing | C |
| Like an oye o' auld Natur | L |
| Ta'en hame by the king | C |
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| Ye wee feathert priestie | H |
| Yer bells i' yer thro't | H |
| Yer altar yer breistie | H |
| Yer mitre forgot | H |
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| Offerin and Aaron | E |
| Ye burn hert and brain | E |
| And dertin and daurin | E |
| Flee back to yer ain | E |
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| Ye wee minor prophet | H |
| It's 'maist my belief | M |
| 'At I'm doon in Tophet | H |
| And you abune grief | M |
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| Ye've deavt me and daudit | H |
| And ca'd me a fule | E |
| I'm nearhan' persuaudit | H |
| To gang to your schule | E |
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| For birdie I'm thinkin | E |
| Ye ken mair nor me | H |
| Gien ye haena been drinkin | E |
| And sing as ye see | H |
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| Ye maun hae a sicht 'at | H |
| Sees gay and far ben | E |
| And a hert for the micht o' 't | H |
| Wad sair for nine men | E |
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| There's somebody's been til | E |
| Roun saft to ye wha | N |
| Said birdies are seen til | E |
| And e'en whan they fa' | M |
George Macdonald
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