The Mermaid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EAFA AGHC ACIC JAHA KFAF CCCC CCAC| To yon fause stream that near the sea | A |
| Hides mony an elf and plum | B |
| And rives wi' fearful din the stanes | A |
| A witless knicht did come | B |
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| The day shines clear far in he's gane | C |
| Whar shells are silver bright | D |
| Fishes war loupin' a' aroun' | C |
| And sparklin' to the light | D |
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| Whan as he laved sounds cam sae sweet | E |
| Frae ilka rock an' tree | A |
| The brief was out 'twas him it doomed | F |
| The mermaid's face to see | A |
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| Frae 'neath a rock sune sune she rose | A |
| And stately on she swam | G |
| Stopped i' the midst and becked and sang | H |
| To him to stretch his han' | C |
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| Gowden glist the yellow links | A |
| That round her neck she'd twine | C |
| Her een war o' the skyie blue | I |
| Her lips did mock the wine | C |
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| The smile upon her bonnie cheek | J |
| Was sweeter than the bee | A |
| Her voice excelled the birdie's sang | H |
| Upon the birchen tree | A |
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| Sae couthie couthie did she look | K |
| And meikle had she fleeched | F |
| Out shot his hand alas alas | A |
| Fast in the swirl he screeched | F |
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| The mermaid leuch her brief was gane | C |
| And kelpie's blast was blawin' | C |
| Fu' low she duked ne'er raise again | C |
| For deep deep was the fawin' | C |
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| Aboon the stream his wraith was seen | C |
| Warlochs tirled lang at gloamin' | C |
| That e'en was coarse the blast blew hoarse | A |
| Ere lang the waves war foamin' | C |
George Wharton Edwards
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