What Aw Want. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BCBC CDCD CECE AAAA ACAC BFBF DFDF BABA| Gie me a little humble cot | A |
| A bit o' garden graand | A |
| Set in some quiet an' sheltered spot | A |
| Wi' hills an' trees all raand | A |
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| An' if besides mi hooam ther flows | B |
| A little mumuring rill | C |
| At sings sweet music as it gooas | B |
| Awst like it better still | C |
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| Gie me a wife 'at loves me weel | C |
| An' childer two or three | D |
| Wi' health to sweeten ivery meal | C |
| An' hearts brimful o' glee | D |
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| Gie me a chonce wi' honest toil | C |
| Mi efforts to engage | E |
| Gie me a maister who can smile | C |
| When forkin aght mi wage | E |
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| Gie me a friend 'at aw can trust | A |
| 'An tell mi secrets to | A |
| One tender hearted firm an' just | A |
| Who sticks to what is true | A |
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| Gie me a pipe to smook at neet | A |
| A pint o' hooam brew'd ale | C |
| A faithful dog 'at runs to meet | A |
| Me wi a waggin tail | C |
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| A cat to purr o'th' fender rims | B |
| To freeten th' mice away | F |
| A cosy bed to rest mi limbs | B |
| Throo neet to commin day | F |
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| Gie me all this an' aw shall be | D |
| Content withaat a daat | F |
| But if denied then let me be | D |
| Content to live withaat | F |
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| For 'tisn't th' wealth one may possess | B |
| Can purchase pleasures true | A |
| For he's th' best chonce o' happiness | B |
| Whose wants are small an' few | A |
John Hartley
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