Statue Of Robert Burns Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD HAIAJDJD KDKDLMLN| To a town in Southern land | A |
| Light of purse I come and lone | B |
| And I pause awhile and stand | A |
| By a pedestal of stone | B |
| And I bend my head and bow | C |
| While my heart to Scotland turns | D |
| For I know I m standing now | C |
| Neath the form of Robbie Burns | D |
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| Round the corners of the lips | E |
| Lines of laughter seem to run | F |
| From the merry eye there slips | E |
| Just a twinkle as of fun | F |
| Living in the sculptor s art | G |
| Set in stone mine eye discerns | D |
| All the beauty and a part | G |
| Of the soul of Robert Burns | D |
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| One of Caledonia s sons | H |
| Coming lonely to the land | A |
| Well might think he d met a friend | I |
| Who would take him by the hand | A |
| And the tears spring to his eyes | J |
| While his heart for friendship yearns | D |
| And from out that heart he cries | J |
| Heaven bless ye Bobbie Burns | D |
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| Unto me as unto you | K |
| Has a hard world done ill turns | D |
| And the sorrows that you knew | K |
| I am learning Bobbie Burns | D |
| But I ll keep my heart above | L |
| Until after many moons | M |
| I return to friends I love | L |
| And to banks line bonnie Doon s | N |
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