Duncan Gray Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCCDB EBFBGGGB HBHBBBBB IBJBKKKB KBKBLMMB| Duncan Gray cam here to woo | A |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
| On blythe Yule Night when we were fu' | C |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
| Maggie coost her head fu' high | C |
| Looked asklent and unco skeigh | C |
| Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh | D |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
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| Duncan fleeched and Duncan prayed | E |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
| Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig | F |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
| Duncan sighed baith out and in | G |
| Grat his een baith bleer't and blin' | G |
| Spak o' lowpin ower a linn | G |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
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| Time and Chance are but a tide | H |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
| Slighted love is sair to bide | H |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
| Shall I like a fool quoth he | B |
| For a haughty hizzie dee | B |
| She may gae to France for me | B |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
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| How it comes let Doctors tell | I |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
| Meg grew sick as he grew hale | J |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
| Something in her bosom wrings | K |
| For relief a sigh she brings | K |
| And O her een they spak sic things | K |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
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| Duncan was a lad o' grace | K |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
| Maggie's was a piteous case | K |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
| Duncan could na be her death | L |
| Swelling Pity smoored his Wrath | M |
| Now they're crouse and canty baith | M |
| Ha ha the wooing o't | B |
Robert Burns
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