This Side An' That Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAE BFBF AGAH IAIA| The rich man sat in his father's seat | A |
| Purple an' linen an' a'thing fine | B |
| The puir man lay at his yett i' the street | A |
| Sairs an' tatters an' weary pine | B |
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| To the rich man's table ilk dainty comes | C |
| Mony a morsel gaed frae't or fell | D |
| The puir man fain wud hae dined on the crumbs | C |
| But whether he got them I canna tell | D |
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| Servants prood saft fittit an' stoot | A |
| Stan by the rich man's curtained doors | E |
| Maisterless dogs 'at rin aboot | A |
| Cam to the puir man an' lickit his sores | E |
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| The rich man deeit an' they buried him gran' | B |
| In linen fine his body they wrap | F |
| But the angels tuik up the beggar man | B |
| An' layit him doun in Abraham's lap | F |
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| The guid upo' this side the ill upo' that | A |
| Sic was the rich man's waesome fa' | G |
| But his brithers they eat an' they drink an' they chat | A |
| An' carena a strae for their Father's ha' | H |
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| The trowth's the trowth think what ye will | I |
| An' some they kenna what they wad be at | A |
| But the beggar man thoucht he did no that ill | I |
| Wi' the dogs o' this side the angels o' that | A |
George Macdonald
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