Hark! The Mavis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CCCB DDDE AAAE BBBB FFFB EGEB E| Ca' the yowes to the knowes | A |
| Ca' them where the heather grows | A |
| Ca' them where the burnie rows | A |
| My bonnie dearie | B |
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| Hark the mavis' evening sang | C |
| Sounding Clouden's woods amang | C |
| Then a faulding let us gang | C |
| My bonnie dearie | B |
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| We'll gae down by Clouden side | D |
| Through the hazels spreading wide | D |
| O'er the waves that sweetly glide | D |
| To the moon sae clearly | E |
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| Yonder Clouden's silent towers | A |
| Where at moonshine midnight hours | A |
| O'er the dewy bending flowers | A |
| Fairies dance sae cheery | E |
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| Ghaist nor bogle shalt thou fear | B |
| Thou'rt to Love and Heaven sae dear | B |
| Nocht of ill may come thee near | B |
| My bonnie dearie | B |
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| Fair and lovely as thou art | F |
| Thou hast stown my very heart | F |
| I can die but canna part | F |
| My bonnie dearie | B |
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| While waters wimple to the sea | E |
| While day blinks in the lift sae hie | G |
| Till clay cauld death shall blin' my e'e | E |
| Ye shall be my dearie | B |
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| Ca' the yowes to the knowes | E |
Robert Burns
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