Wha's My Neibour? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FEFE FEFE FFFF GEGE DHDH HFIF EIEI| Doon frae Jerus'lem a traveller took | A |
| The laigh road to Jericho | B |
| It had an ill name an' mony a crook | A |
| It was lang an' unco how | C |
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| Oot cam the robbers an' fell o' the man | D |
| An' knockit him o' the heid | E |
| Took a' whauron they couth lay their han' | D |
| An' left him nakit for deid | E |
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| By cam a minister o' the kirk | F |
| A sair mishanter he cried | E |
| Wha kens whaur the villains may lirk | F |
| I s' haud to the ither side | E |
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| By cam an elder o' the kirk | F |
| Like a young horse he shied | E |
| Fie here's a bonnie mornin's wark | F |
| An' he spangt to the ither side | E |
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| By cam ane gaed to the wrang kirk | F |
| Douce he trottit alang | F |
| Puir body he cried an' wi' a yerk | F |
| Aff o' his cuddy he sprang | F |
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| He ran to the body an' turnt it ower | G |
| There's life i' the man he cried | E |
| He wasna ane to stan an' glower | G |
| Nor hand to the ither side | E |
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| He doctort his oons an' heised him then | D |
| To the back o' the beastie douce | H |
| An' he heild him on till twa weary men | D |
| They wan to the half way hoose | H |
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| He ten'd him a' nicht an' o' the morn did say | H |
| Lan'lord latna him lack | F |
| Here's auchteen pence an' ony mair ootlay | I |
| I'll sattle 't as I come back | F |
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| Sae tak til ye neibours read aricht the word | E |
| It's a portion o' God's ain spell | I |
| Wha is my neibour speirna the Lord | E |
| But Am I a neibour yersel | I |
George Macdonald
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