Lament For Culloden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEB DBFBGBBB| The lovely lass o' Inverness | A |
| Nae joy nor pleasure can she see | B |
| For e'en and morn she cries Alas | C |
| And ay the saut tear blins her ee | B |
| Drumossie moor Drumossie day | D |
| A waefu' day it was to me | B |
| For there I lost my father dear | E |
| My father dear and brethren three | B |
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| Their winding sheet the bluidy clay | D |
| Their graves are growing green to see | B |
| And by them lies the dearest lad | F |
| That ever blest a woman's ee | B |
| Now wae to thee thou cruel lord | G |
| A bluidy man I trow thou be | B |
| For mony a heart thou hast made sair | B |
| That ne'er did wrang to thine or thee | B |
Robert Burns
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