My Ain Bonnie Lass O' The Glen. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABABA CDEDFEFE GHGHHIHJ JKJLGAGA MANABABA| Ae blink o' the bonnie new mune | A |
| Ay tinted as sune as she's seen | A |
| Wad licht me to Meg frae the toun | A |
| Tho' mony the brae side between | A |
| Ae fuff o' the saftest o' win's | B |
| As wilyart it kisses the thorn | A |
| Wad blaw me o'er knaggies an' linns | B |
| To Meg by the side o' the burn | A |
| - | |
| My daddie's a laird wi' a ha' | C |
| My mither had kin at the court | D |
| I maunna gang wooin' ava' | E |
| Or any sic frolicsome sport | D |
| Gin I'd wed there's a winnock kept bye | F |
| Wi' bodies an' gear i' her loof | E |
| Gin ony tak her an' her kye | F |
| Hell glunsh at himsel' for a coof | E |
| - | |
| My daddie's na doylt tho' he's auld | G |
| The winnock is pawkie an' gleg | H |
| When the lammies are pit i' the fauld | G |
| They're fear'd that I'm aff to my Meg | H |
| My mither sits spinnin' ae blink | H |
| O' a smile in her kind bonnie 'ee | I |
| She's minded o' mony a link | H |
| She stowlins took o'er the lea | J |
| - | |
| To meet wi' my daddie himsel' | J |
| Tentie jinkin' by lea an' by shaw | K |
| She fu's up his pipe then hersel' | J |
| So I may steal cannie awa' | L |
| O leeze me o' gowany swaird | G |
| An' the blink o' the bonnie new mune | A |
| An' the cowt stown out o' the yaird | G |
| That trots like a burnie in June | A |
| - | |
| My Meg she is waitin' abeigh | M |
| Ilk spunkie that flits through the fen | A |
| Wad jealously lead me astray | N |
| Frae my ain bonnie lass o' the glen | A |
| My forbears may groan i' the mools | B |
| My daddie look dour an' din | A |
| Wee Love is the callant wha rules | B |
| An' my Meg is the wifie I'll win | A |
Isabella Valancy Crawford
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Bite Deep And Wide, O Axe, The Tree! Poem
Next Poem
Write your comment about My Ain Bonnie Lass O' The Glen. poem by Isabella Valancy Crawford
Best Poems of Isabella Valancy Crawford