Is There, For Honest Poverty. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA AAACA DADAAAEA FAGAAAHA I JAJAAAKA I LAKAAAMATune For a' that and a' that | A |
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I | - |
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Is there for honest poverty | B |
That hangs his head and a' that | A |
The coward slave we pass him by | - |
We dare be poor for a' that | A |
For a' that and a' that | A |
Our toils obscure and a' that | A |
The rank is but the guinea's stamp | C |
The man's the gowd for a' that | A |
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II | - |
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What tho' on hamely fare we dine | D |
Wear hoddin gray and a' that | A |
Gie fools their silks and knaves their wine | D |
A man's a man for a' that | A |
For a' that and a' that | A |
Their tinsel show and a' that | A |
The honest man though e'er sae poor | E |
Is king o' men for a' that | A |
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III | - |
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Ye see yon birkie ca'd a lord | F |
Wha struts and stares and a' that | A |
Though hundreds worship at his word | G |
He's but a coof for a' that | A |
For a' that and a' that | A |
His riband star and a' that | A |
The man of independent mind | H |
He looks and laughs at a' that | A |
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IV | I |
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A king can make a belted knight | J |
A marquis duke and a' that | A |
But an honest man's aboon his might | J |
Guid faith he maunna fa' that | A |
For a' that and a' that | A |
Their dignities and a' that | A |
The pith o' sense and pride o' worth | K |
Are higher ranks than a' that | A |
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V | I |
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Then let us pray that come it may | L |
As come it will for a' that | A |
That sense and worth o'er a' the earth | K |
May bear the gree and a' that | A |
For a' that and a' that | A |
It's comin' yet for a' that | A |
That man to man the warld o'er | M |
Shall brothers be for a' that | A |
Robert Burns
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