How Cruel Are The Parents Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGF HBIBHJEJ| HOW cruel are the parents | A |
| Who riches only prize | B |
| And to the wealthy booby | C |
| Poor Woman sacrifice | D |
| Meanwhile the hapless Daughter | E |
| Has but a choice of strife | F |
| To shun a tyrant Father's hate | G |
| Become a wretched Wife | F |
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| The ravening hawk pursuing | H |
| The trembling dove thus flies | B |
| To shun impelling ruin | I |
| Awhile her pinions tries | B |
| Till of escape despairing | H |
| No shelter or retreat | J |
| She trusts the ruthless Falconer | E |
| And drops beneath his feet | J |
Robert Burns
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