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