O Lassie, Art Thou Sleeping Yet. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEAAAE AAAE FFFEAAAE| Tune Let me in this ae night | A |
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| I | - |
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| O Lassie art thou sleeping yet | B |
| Or art thou waking I would wit | C |
| For love has bound me hand and foot | D |
| And I would fain be in jo | E |
| O let me in this ae night | A |
| This ae ae ae night | A |
| For pity's sake this ae night | A |
| O rise and let me in jo | E |
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| II | - |
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| Thou hear'st the winter wind and weet | A |
| Nae star blinks thro' the driving sleet | A |
| Tak pity on my weary feet | A |
| And shield me frae the rain jo | E |
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| III | - |
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| The bitter blast that round me blaws | F |
| Unheeded howls unheeded fa's | F |
| The cauldness o' thy heart's the cause | F |
| Of a' my grief and pain jo | E |
| O let me in this ae night | A |
| This ae ae ae night | A |
| For pity's sake this ae night | A |
| O rise and let me in jo | E |
Robert Burns
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