Afton Water Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD AAEE FFGG AAHH AABB| Flow gently sweet Afton among thy green braes | A |
| Flow gently I'll sing thee a song in thy praise | A |
| My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream | B |
| Flow gently sweet Afton disturb not her dream | B |
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| Thou stock dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen | C |
| Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den | C |
| Thou green crested lapwing thy screaming forbear | D |
| I charge you disturb not my slumbering fair | D |
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| How lofty sweet Afton thy neighbouring hills | A |
| Far mark'd with the courses of clear winding rills | A |
| There daily I wander as noon rises high | E |
| My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye | E |
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| How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below | F |
| Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow | F |
| There oft as mild Ev'ning sweeps over the lea | G |
| The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me | G |
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| Thy crystal stream Afton how lovely it glides | A |
| And winds by the cot where my Mary resides | A |
| How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave | H |
| As gathering sweet flowrets she stems thy clear wave | H |
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| Flow gently sweet Afton among thy green braes | A |
| Flow gently sweet river the theme of my lays | A |
| My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream | B |
| Flow gently sweet Afton disturb not her dream | B |
Robert Burns
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