Willie And Helen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DDD EEDE FDA DEEE| 'Wharefore sou'd ye talk o' love | A |
| Unless it be to pain us | B |
| Wharefore sou'd ye talk o' love | A |
| Whan ye say the sea maun twain us ' | C |
| - | |
| 'It 's no because my love is light | D |
| Nor for your angry deddy | D |
| It 's a' to buy ye pearlins bright | D |
| An' to busk ye like a leddy ' | - |
| - | |
| 'O Willy I can caird an' spin | E |
| Se ne'er can want for cleedin' | E |
| An' gin I hae my Willy's heart | D |
| I hae a' the pearls I'm heedin' | E |
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| 'Will it be time to praise this cheek | F |
| Whan years an' tears has blench'd it | D |
| Will it be time to talk o' love | A |
| Whan cauld an' care has quench'd it ' | - |
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| He's laid ae han' about her waist | D |
| The ither 's held to heaven | E |
| An' his luik was like the luik o' man | E |
| Wha's heart in twa is riven | E |
Hew Ainslie
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