Donald Ross Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEEFG HHIIDDFG JJKLMMNN OODDPPNG QQRRDDGGA Scottish Canadian tale | A |
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By the side of moss | B |
Lived young Donald Ross | C |
Among the heathery hills | D |
And the mountain rills | D |
In a snug little cot | E |
Content with his lot | E |
He never knew sorrow | F |
With his wife and wee Flora | G |
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But an order went forth | H |
O'er the land of the north | H |
To burn many a home | I |
So the wild deer might roam | I |
With grief he then did toss | D |
All that night Donald Ross | D |
And sad seemed the morrow | F |
For his wife and sma' Flora | G |
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Oh it was a cruel deed | J |
But nobles do not heed | J |
The sorrows of the poor | K |
Drove on a barren moor | L |
Where he wove a wreath | M |
Of the blooming heath | M |
For to crown with glory | N |
The brow of little Flory | N |
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He then bade farewell | O |
To his mountain dell | O |
Where his fathers appears | D |
Had lived a thousand years | D |
With their few goats and sheep | P |
Which fed on hills so steep | P |
Oh it was a sad story | N |
For bonnie little Flora | G |
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He sought a distant strand | Q |
In Canada bought land | Q |
To him a glorious charm | R |
To view his own broad farm | R |
His horses and his cows | D |
Cultivators and plows | D |
And now his daughter Flora | G |
She is the flower of Zorra | G |
James Mcintyre
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