Beware O' Bonnie Ann. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABCBABDB EBFBGBHB| Tune Ye gallants bright | A |
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| Ye gallants bright I red ye right | A |
| Beware o' bonnie Ann | B |
| Her comely face sae fu' o' grace | C |
| Your heart she will trepan | B |
| Her een sae bright like stars by night | A |
| Her skin is like the swan | B |
| Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist | D |
| That sweetly ye might span | B |
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| II | - |
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| Youth grace and love attendant move | E |
| And pleasure leads the van | B |
| In a' their charms and conquering arms | F |
| They wait on bonnie Ann | B |
| The captive bands may chain the hands | G |
| But love enclaves the man | B |
| Ye Gallants braw I red you a' | H |
| Beware of bonnie Ann | B |
Robert Burns
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