A Lament For Flodden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ABAB ABAB ABBB BBCB ABAB| I've heard them lilting at our ewe milking | A |
| Lasses a' lilting before dawn o' day | B |
| But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning | A |
| The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away | B |
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| At bughts in the morning nae blythe lads are scorning | A |
| Lasses are lonely and dowie and wae | B |
| Nae daffing nae gabbing but sighing and sabbing | A |
| Ilk ane lifts her leglin and hies her away | B |
| - | |
| In hairst at the shearing nae youths now are jeering | A |
| Bandsters are lyart and runkled and gray | B |
| At fair or at preaching nae wooing nae fleeching | A |
| The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away | B |
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| At e'en in the gloaming nae swankies are roaming | A |
| 'Bout stacks wi' the lasses at bogle to play | B |
| But ilk ane sits eerie lamenting her dearie | B |
| The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away | B |
| - | |
| Dool and wae for the order sent our lads to the Border | B |
| The English for ance by guile wan the day | B |
| The Flowers of the Forest that fought aye the foremost | C |
| The prime of our land lie cauld in the clay | B |
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| We'll hear nae mair lilting at our ewe milking | A |
| Women and bairns are heartless and wae | B |
| Sighing and moaning on ilka green loaning | A |
| The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away | B |
Jane Elliot
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