Janet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI JKJK ILIL MFMF NMNM OMPM KKKQ MLML NINI KFKF MIMI| Janet she was trim and small | A |
| Swift her feet could go | B |
| Sandy he was great and tall | A |
| Sandy he was slow | B |
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| Dark the curls on Janet's heid | C |
| Dark her een and true | D |
| Sandy's hair was straicht an' reid | E |
| Sandy's een were blue | D |
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| Sandy had been coortin' lang | F |
| Sandy wasna bold | G |
| Blushed when Janet trilled the sang | F |
| Sweet as it is old | G |
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| Gin a body meet a body | H |
| Comin' through the rye | I |
| Gin a body kiss a body | H |
| Need a body cry | I |
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| Janet's lips were reid and ripe | J |
| Full o' sic delichts | K |
| Longing for them spoiled the pipe | J |
| Sandy smoked o' nichts | K |
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| Janet laughed when he would sigh | I |
| Janet wasna kin' | L |
| Spite o' a' as days went by | I |
| Janet filled his min' | L |
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| When in kirk he sat and heard | M |
| Sermons deep and lang | F |
| Every fluttering bird ootside | M |
| Seemed piping Janet's sang | F |
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| Through the psalm and through the prayer | N |
| Thought went wanderin' wide | M |
| O what were toil what were care | N |
| Wi' Janet by his side | M |
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| Janet wi' the waist sae sma' | O |
| Janet dear indeed | M |
| Sermon psalm and prayer and a' | P |
| Sandy didna heed | M |
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| Going hame at sober pace | K |
| Made confession sae | K |
| Hearken Lord hide no Thy face | K |
| Though I go astray | Q |
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| Help me juist tae do my pairt | M |
| Win her if I can | L |
| Sae I plead wi' a' my hairt | M |
| Help a sinfu' mon | L |
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| Surely faith was in that prayer | N |
| Ere an hour went by | I |
| Janet cam' wi' lichtsome air | N |
| Through the fields o' rye | I |
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| Sandy tak' ye hairt o' grace | K |
| Surely 'tisna wrang | F |
| Here's the lass wi' saucy face | K |
| How runs Janet's sang | F |
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| Gin a body meet a body | M |
| Comin' through the rye | I |
| Gin a body kiss a body | M |
| Need a body cry | I |
Jean Blewett
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