Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDECE AACCEFCF GGCCCECE HHIICCCE| A lang backit spilgie fuistit auld carl | A |
| Gangs a' nicht rakin athort the warl | A |
| Wi' a pock on his back luikin hungry an' lean | B |
| His crook fingert han' aye followin his e'en | C |
| He gathers up a'thing that canna but fa' | D |
| Intil his bag wi' 't an' on an' awa | E |
| Soot an' snaw soot an' snaw | C |
| Intil his bag wi' 't an' on an' awa | E |
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| But whan he comes to the wa' o' the warl | A |
| Spangs up it like lang leggit spidder the carl | A |
| Up gangs his pock wi' him humpit ahin | C |
| For naething fa's oot 'at ance he pat in | C |
| Syne he warstles doon ootside the flamin wa' | E |
| His bag 'maist the deith o' him pangt like a ba' | F |
| Soot an' snaw soot an' snaw | C |
| His bag 'maist throttlin him pangt like a ba' | F |
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| Doon he draps weary upon a laigh rock | G |
| Flingin aside him his muckle mou'd pock | G |
| An' there he sits his heid in his han' | C |
| Like a broken hertit despairin man | C |
| Him air his pock no bonny na na | C |
| Him an' his pock an ugsome twa | E |
| Soot an' snaw soot an' snaw | C |
| Him an' his pock an ugsome twa | E |
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| But sune 's the first ray o' the sunshine bare | H |
| Lichts on the carl what see ye there | H |
| An angel set on eternity's brink | I |
| Wi' e'en to gar the sun himsel blink | I |
| By his side a glintin glimmerin urn | C |
| Furth frae wha's mou rins a liltin burn | C |
| Soot an' snaw soot an' snaw | C |
| The dirt o' the warl rins in glory awa | E |
George Macdonald
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