James Hogg Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FFGG GGHI JJKK LLMM| The wondrous shepherd James Hogg | A |
| Was happy with his good sheep dog | B |
| Meditating o'er his sweet lays | C |
| While his fleecy flocks did graze | C |
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| His education it came late | D |
| After he reached to man's estate | D |
| While his flocks were busy feeding | E |
| His favourite authors he was reading | E |
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| Wondrous tales he did rehearse | F |
| Of witches both in prose and verse | F |
| And he in fairy tales did glory | G |
| Traditions of each shepherd's story | G |
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| The shepherd he sang late and early | G |
| Of the deeds of bold Prince Charley | G |
| And how the charming bonnie Flora | H |
| Soothed the Prince when in his sorrow | I |
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| Few songs possess so much vigor | J |
| As his gathering of McGregor | J |
| The lover's heart is all aflame | K |
| To meet lassie when the kye comes hame | K |
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| But one who loved the shepherd's songs | L |
| And sang them unto countless throngs | L |
| Great Kennedy has passed away | M |
| Now mournful is our Scottish lay | M |
James Mcintyre
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