M'pherson's Rant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DCCEC FBGBC HIJKC LCMCC NOPOC| Farewell ye dungeons dark and strong | A |
| The wretch's destinie | B |
| M'Pherson's time will not be long | A |
| On yonder gallows tree | C |
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| Chorus | D |
| Sae rantingly sae wantonly | C |
| Sae dauntingly gaed he | C |
| He play'd a spring and danc'd it round | E |
| Below the gallows tree | C |
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| O what is death but parting breath | F |
| On many a bloody plain | B |
| I've dared his face and in this place | G |
| I scorn him yet again | B |
| Sae rantingly c | C |
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| Untie these bands from off my hands | H |
| And bring me to my sword | I |
| And there's no a man in all Scotland | J |
| But I'll brave him at a word | K |
| Sae rantingly c | C |
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| I've liv'd a life of sturt and strife | L |
| I die by treacherie | C |
| It burns my heart I must depart | M |
| And not avenged be | C |
| Sae rantingly c | C |
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| Now farewell light thou sunshine bright | N |
| And all beneath the sky | O |
| May coward shame distain his name | P |
| The wretch that dares not die | O |
| Sae rantingly c | C |
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