Elegy On Willie Nicol's Mare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ABCB ADCD AAEF| PEG NICHOLSON was a good bay mare | A |
| As ever trod on airn | B |
| But now she's floating down the Nith | C |
| And past the mouth o' Cairn | B |
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| Peg Nicholson was a good bay mare | A |
| An' rode thro' thick and thin | B |
| But now she's floating down the Nith | C |
| And wanting even the skin | B |
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| Peg Nicholson was a good bay mare | A |
| And ance she bore a priest | D |
| But now she's floating down the Nith | C |
| For Solway fish a feast | D |
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| Peg Nicholson was a good bay mare | A |
| An' the priest he rode her sair | A |
| And much oppress'd and bruis'd she was | E |
| As priest rid cattle are c c | F |
Robert Burns
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