Elegy On The Death Of Robert Ruisseaux Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAB BBCDCD EFFGFH| NOW Robin lies in his last lair | A |
| He'll gabble rhyme nor sing nae mair | A |
| Cauld poverty wi' hungry stare | A |
| Nae mair shall fear him | B |
| Nor anxious fear nor cankert care | A |
| E'er mair come near him | B |
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| To tell the truth they seldom fash'd him | B |
| Except the moment that they crush'd him | B |
| For sune as chance or fate had hush'd 'em | C |
| Tho' e'er sae short | D |
| Then wi' a rhyme or sang he lash'd 'em | C |
| And thought it sport | D |
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| Tho'he was bred to kintra wark | E |
| And counted was baith wight and stark | F |
| Yet that was never Robin's mark | F |
| To mak a man | G |
| But tell him he was learn'd and clark | F |
| Ye roos'd him then | H |
Robert Burns
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