A Mother's Lament For Her Son's Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFH IJIJ| FATE gave the word the arrow sped | A |
| And pierc'd my darling's heart | B |
| And with him all the joys are fled | A |
| Life can to me impart | B |
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| By cruel hands the sapling drops | C |
| In dust dishonour'd laid | D |
| So fell the pride of all my hopes | E |
| My age's future shade | D |
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| The mother linnet in the brake | F |
| Bewails her ravish'd young | G |
| So I for my lost darling's sake | F |
| Lament the live day long | H |
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| Death oft I've feared thy fatal blow | I |
| Now fond I bare my breast | J |
| O do thou kindly lay me low | I |
| With him I love at rest | J |
Robert Burns
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A Mother's Lament For Her Son's Death is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.