Bonie Doon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFGDHIH AAJA KLKL| Ye flowery banks o' bonie Doon | A |
| How can ye blume sae fair | B |
| How can ye chant ye little birds | C |
| And I sae fu' o' care | B |
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| Thou'll break my heart thou bonie bird | D |
| That sings upon the bough | E |
| Thou minds me o' the happy days | F |
| When my fause luve was true | G |
| Thou'll break my heart thou bonie bird | D |
| That sings beside thy mate | H |
| For sae I sat and sae I sang | I |
| And wist na o' my fate | H |
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| Aft hae I roved by bonie Doon | A |
| To see the woodbine twine | A |
| And ilka bird sang o' its luve | J |
| And sae did I o' mine | A |
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| Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose | K |
| Frae aff its thorny tree | L |
| And my fause luver staw my rose | K |
| But left the thorn wi' me | L |
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