Logan Water. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEE A FFEEAGEE A HIJKDDEE L MMNOGAEE| I | A |
| - | |
| O Logan sweetly didst thou glide | B |
| That day I was my Willie's bride | B |
| And years synsyne hae o'er us run | C |
| Like Logan to the simmer sun | C |
| But now thy flow'ry banks appear | D |
| Like drumlie winter dark and drear | D |
| While my dear lad maun face his faes | E |
| Far far frae me and Logan braes | E |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| Again the merry month o' May | F |
| Has made our hills and valleys gay | F |
| The birds rejoice in leafy bowers | E |
| The bees hum round the breathing flowers | E |
| Blythe Morning lifts his rosy eye | A |
| And Evening's tears are tears of joy | G |
| My soul delightless a' surveys | E |
| While Willie's far frae Logan braes | E |
| - | |
| III | A |
| - | |
| Within yon milk white hawthorn bush | H |
| Amang her nestlings sits the thrush | I |
| Her faithfu' mate will share her toil | J |
| Or wi' his song her cares beguile | K |
| But I wi' my sweet nurslings here | D |
| Nae mate to help nae mate to cheer | D |
| Pass widow'd nights and joyless days | E |
| While Willie's far frae Logan braes | E |
| - | |
| IV | L |
| - | |
| O wae upon you men o' state | M |
| That brethren rouse to deadly hate | M |
| As ye make mony a fond heart mourn | N |
| Sae may it on your heads return | O |
| How can your flinty hearts enjoy | G |
| The widow's tears the orphan's cry | A |
| But soon may peace bring happy days | E |
| And Willie hame to Logan braes | E |
Robert Burns
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation