Robert Burns Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDE FGFGHIHI JKJKEBEB L MNMNDEDE| A PARAPHRASE | A |
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| I | - |
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| Thou lingering Star No less'ning ray | B |
| Will e'er bedim thy natal morn | C |
| Or usher in the unhallowed day | B |
| When we forget that thou wert born | C |
| O Burns Thou dear departed shade | D |
| Where is thy place of blissful rest | E |
| See'st thou again a Highland maid | D |
| Who heard the groans that rent thy breast | E |
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| II | - |
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| That sacred day can we forget | F |
| Can we forget the hallowed spot | G |
| Where by the winding Ayr was set | F |
| The sparkling jewel in lowly cot | G |
| Eternity will not efface | H |
| The record dear of time that's past | I |
| Thy memory sweet we still embrace | H |
| And will as long as life shall last | I |
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| III | - |
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| Ayr congeal d to its pebbled shore | J |
| O'erhung with wild woods shorn of green | K |
| The leafless birch and hawthorn hoar | J |
| Were planted round the wintry scene | K |
| No flowers sprang wanton to be pressed | E |
| No birds sang love on every spray | B |
| But brightest yet o'er all the rest | E |
| Will ever shine thy natal day | B |
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| IV | L |
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| Still o'er thy songs our rapture wakes | M |
| And memory broods with miser care | N |
| Time but their music sweeter makes | M |
| As streams their channels deeper wear | N |
| O Burns Thou dear departed shade | D |
| Where is thy place of blissful rest | E |
| See'st thou again a Highland maid | D |
| Who heard the groans that rent thy breast | E |
George W. Doneghy
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