For A' That Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBBDB EBEBBBFB GBHBBBIB JBJBBBKB LBKBBBMB| Is there for honest poverty | A |
| That hangs his head an' a' that | B |
| The coward slave we pass him by | C |
| We dare be poor for a' that | B |
| For a' that an' a' that | B |
| Our toil's obscure and a' that | B |
| The rank is but the guinea's stamp | D |
| The man's the gowd for a' that | B |
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| What though on hamely fare we dine | E |
| Wear hoddin' grey an' a' that | B |
| Gie fools their silks and knaves their wine | E |
| A man's a man for a' that | B |
| For a' that an' a' that | B |
| Their tinsel show an' a' that | B |
| The honest man though e'er sae poor | F |
| Is king o' men for a' that | B |
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| Ye see yon birkie ca'd a lord | G |
| Wha struts an' stares an' a' that | B |
| Tho' hundreds worship at his word | H |
| He's but a coof for a' that | B |
| For a' that an' a' that | B |
| His riband star and a' that | B |
| The man o' independent mind | I |
| He looks an' laughs at a' that | B |
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| A prince can mak' a belted knight | J |
| A marquis duke an' a' that | B |
| But an honest man's aboon his might | J |
| Gude faith he maunna fa' that | B |
| For a' that an' a' that | B |
| Their dignities an' a' that | B |
| The pith o' sense an' pride o' worth | K |
| Are higher ranks than a' that | B |
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| Then let us pray that come it may | L |
| As come it will for a' that | B |
| That Sense and Worth o'er a' the earth | K |
| Shall bear the gree an' a' that | B |
| For a' that an' a' that | B |
| It's coming yet for a' that | B |
| That man to man the world o'er | M |
| Shall brothers be for a' that | B |
Robert Burns
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