Fair Jeany. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD AEAE FGHG I AJKJ I LMNM| Tune Saw ye my father | A |
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| Where are the joys I have met in the morning | B |
| That danc'd to the lark's early song | C |
| Where is the peace that awaited my wand'ring | B |
| At evening the wild woods among | D |
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| No more a winding the course of yon river | A |
| And marking sweet flow'rets so fair | E |
| No more I trace the light footsteps of pleasure | A |
| But sorrow and sad sighing care | E |
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| Is it that summer's forsaken our valleys | F |
| And grim surly winter is near | G |
| No no the bees' humming round the gay roses | H |
| Proclaim it the pride of the year | G |
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| IV | I |
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| Fain would I hide what I fear to discover | A |
| Yet long long too well have I known | J |
| All that has caused this wreck in my bosom | K |
| Is Jeany fair Jeany alone | J |
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| V | I |
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| Time cannot aid me my griefs are immortal | L |
| Nor hope dare a comfort bestow | M |
| Come then enamour'd and fond of my anguish | N |
| Enjoyment I'll seek in my woe | M |
Robert Burns
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