Meikle Thinks My Luve. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCADBBEB B B BFB| Tune My tocher's the jewel | A |
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| O Meikle thinks my luve o' my beauty | B |
| And meikle thinks my luve o' my kin | C |
| But little thinks my luve I ken brawlie | A |
| My tocher's the jewel has charms for him | D |
| It's a' for the apple he'll nourish the tree | B |
| It's a' for the hiney he'll cherish the bee | B |
| My laddie's sae meikle in luve wi' the siller | E |
| He canna hae lure to spare for me | B |
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| Your proffer o' luve's an airl penny | B |
| My tocher's the bargain ye wad buy | - |
| But an ye be crafty I am cunnin' | B |
| Sae ye wi' anither your fortune maun try | - |
| Ye're like to the timmer o' yon rotten tree | B |
| Ye'll slip frae me like a knotless thread | F |
| And ye'll crack your credit wi' mae nor me | B |
Robert Burns
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