My Lass. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEBEB FBFBDADADBDB GBGBCCCCABAB| Fairest lass amang the monny | A |
| Hair as black as raven O | B |
| Net another lass as bonny | A |
| Lives i'th' dales ov Craven O | B |
| City lasses may be fairer | C |
| May be donned i' silks an laces | D |
| But ther's nooan whose charms are rarer | C |
| Nooan can show sich bonny faces | D |
| Yorksher minstrel tune thy lyre | E |
| Show thou art no craven O | B |
| In thy strains 'at mooast inspire | E |
| Sing the praise ov Craven O | B |
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| Purest breezes toss their tresses | F |
| Tint ther cheeks wi' rooases O | B |
| An old Sol wi' warm caresses | F |
| Mak 'em bloom like pooasies O | B |
| Others may booast birth an riches | D |
| May have studied grace ov motion | A |
| But they lack what mooast bewitches | D |
| Hearts 'at love wi' pure devotion | A |
| Perfect limbs an round full bosoms | D |
| Sich as set men ravin O | B |
| Only can be faand i' blossoms | D |
| Sich as bloom i' Craven O | B |
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| An amang the fairest sweetest | G |
| Ther's net sich a brave en O | B |
| For her beauty's the completest | G |
| Yo can find i' Craven O | B |
| Ivvery charm 'at mother Nature | C |
| Had to give shoo placed upon her | C |
| Modest ways an comely feature | C |
| Health ov body soul ov honor | C |
| Isn't shoo a prize worth winnin | A |
| An a gem worth savin O | B |
| Smile on sooin yo'll stop yor grinnin | A |
| When my lass leeaves Craven O | B |
John Hartley
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