A Winter Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAB CCCDCD EEEAEA FFFGFG CCCHCI| When biting Boreas fell and doure | A |
| Sharp shivers thro' the leafless bow'r | A |
| When Ph oelig bus gies a short liv'd glow'r | A |
| Far south the lift | B |
| Dim dark'ning thro' the flaky show'r | A |
| Or whirling drift | B |
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| Ae night the storm the steeples rocked | C |
| Poor Labour sweet in sleep was locked | C |
| While burns wi' snawy wreeths upchoked | C |
| Wild eddying swirl | D |
| Or thro' the mining outlet bocked | C |
| Down headlong hurl | D |
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| List'ning the doors an' winnocks rattle | E |
| I thought me on the ourie cattle | E |
| Or silly sheep wha bide this brattle | E |
| O' winter war | A |
| And thro' the drift deep lairing sprattle | E |
| Beneath a scar | A |
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| Ilk happing bird wee helpless thing | F |
| That in the merry months o' spring | F |
| Delighted me to hear thee sing | F |
| What comes o' thee | G |
| Whare wilt thou cow'r thy chittering wing | F |
| An' close thy e'e | G |
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| Ev'n you on murd'ring errands toil'd | C |
| Lone from your savage homes exil'd | C |
| The blood stain'd roost and sheep cote spoil'd | C |
| My heart forgets | H |
| While pityless the tempest wild | C |
| Sore on you beats | I |
Robert Burns
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