How Long And Dreary Is The Night. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BACACA DA A A EA A A| To a Gaelic air | A |
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| I | - |
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| How long and dreary is the night | B |
| When I am frae my dearie | A |
| I sleepless lie frae e'en to morn | C |
| Tho' I were ne'er sae weary | A |
| I sleepless lie frae e'en to morn | C |
| Tho' I were ne'er sae weary | A |
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| II | - |
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| When I think on the happy days | D |
| I spent wi' you my dearie | A |
| And now what lands between us lie | - |
| How can I but be eerie | A |
| And now what lands between us lie | - |
| How can I be but eerie | A |
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| III | - |
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| How slow ye move ye heavy hours | E |
| As ye were wae and weary | A |
| It was na sae ye glinted by | - |
| When I was wi' my dearie | A |
| It was na sae ye glinted by | - |
| When I was wi' my dearie | A |
Robert Burns
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