Adown Winding Nith. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFE A GHFH A BIGI J BJKJ J CJLJ J CMFMDEFE| I | A |
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| Adown winding Nith I did wander | B |
| To mark the sweet flowers as they spring | C |
| Adown winding Nith I did wander | B |
| Of Phillis to muse and to sing | C |
| Awa wi' your belles and your beauties | D |
| They never wi' her can compare | E |
| Whaever has met wi' my Phillis | F |
| Has met wi' the queen o' the fair | E |
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| II | A |
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| The daisy amus'd my fond fancy | G |
| So artless so simple so wild | H |
| Thou emblem said I o' my Phillis | F |
| For she is simplicity's child | H |
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| III | A |
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| The rose bud's the blush o' my charmer | B |
| Her sweet balmy lip when 'tis prest | I |
| How fair and how pure is the lily | G |
| But fairer and purer her breast | I |
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| IV | J |
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| Yon knot of gay flowers in the arbour | B |
| They ne'er wi' my Phillis can vie | J |
| Her breath is the breath o' the woodbine | K |
| Its dew drop o' diamond her eye | J |
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| V | J |
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| Her voice is the song of the morning | C |
| That wakes thro' the green spreading grove | J |
| When Phoebus peeps over the mountains | L |
| On music and pleasure and love | J |
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| VI | J |
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| But beauty how frail and how fleeting | C |
| The bloom of a fine summer's day | M |
| While worth in the mind o' my Phillis | F |
| Will flourish without a decay | M |
| Awa wi' your belles and your beauties | D |
| They never wi' her can compare | E |
| Whaever has met wi' my Phillis | F |
| Has met wi' the queen o' the fair | E |
Robert Burns
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