What The Auld Fowk Are Thinkin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CBCB CBCB DBDB EBEB| The bairns i' their beds worn oot wi' nae wark | A |
| Are sleepin nor ever an eelid winkin | B |
| The auld fowk lie still wi' their een starin stark | C |
| An' the mirk pang fou o' the things they are thinkin | B |
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| Whan oot o' ilk corner the bairnies they keek | C |
| Lauchin an' daffin airms loosin an' linkin | B |
| The auld fowk they watch frae the warm ingle cheek | C |
| But the bairns little think what the auld fowk are thinkin | B |
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| Whan the auld fowk sit quaiet at the reet o' a stook | C |
| I' the sunlicht their washt een blinterin an' blinkin | B |
| Fowk scythin or bin'in or shearin wi' heuk | C |
| Carena a strae what the auld fowk are thinkin | B |
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| At the kirk whan the minister's dreich an' dry | D |
| His fardens as gien they war gowd guineas chinkin | B |
| An' the young fowk are noddin or fidgetin sly | D |
| Naebody kens what the auld fowk are thinkin | B |
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| Whan the young fowk are greitin aboot the bed | E |
| Whaur like water throu san' the auld life is sinkin | B |
| An' some wud say the last word was said | E |
| The auld fowk smile an' ken what they're thinkin | B |
George Macdonald
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