Address To An Illegitimate Child. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAAA AAABAC DDDEDE FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFGFG| Thou's welcome wean mischanter fa' me | A |
| If ought of thee or of thy mammy | A |
| Shall ever daunton me or awe me | A |
| My sweet wee lady | A |
| Or if I blush when thou shalt ca' me | A |
| Tit ta or daddy | A |
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| Wee image of my bonny Betty | A |
| I fatherly will kiss and daut thee | A |
| As dear and near my heart I set thee | A |
| Wi' as gude will | B |
| As a' the priests had seen me get thee | A |
| That's out o' hell | C |
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| What tho' they ca' me fornicator | D |
| An' tease my name in kintry clatter | D |
| The mair they talk I'm kent the better | D |
| E'en let them clash | E |
| An auld wife's tongue's a feckless matter | D |
| To gie ane fash | E |
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| Sweet fruit o' mony a merry dint | F |
| My funny toil is now a' tint | F |
| Sin' thou came to the warl asklent | F |
| Which fools may scoff at | F |
| In my last plack thy part's be in't | F |
| The better ha'f o't | F |
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| An' if thou be what I wad hae thee | F |
| An' tak the counsel I sall gie thee | F |
| A lovin' father I'll be to thee | F |
| If thou be spar'd | F |
| Thro' a' thy childish years I'll e'e thee | F |
| An' think't weel war'd | F |
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| Gude grant that thou may ay inherit | F |
| Thy mither's person grace an' merit | F |
| An' thy poor worthless daddy's spirit | F |
| Without his failins | G |
| 'Twill please me mair to hear an' see it | F |
| Than stocket mailens | G |
Robert Burns
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