O Leave Novels! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCBCB DBEBCBCB| O LEAVE novels ye Mauchline belles | A |
| Ye're safer at your spinning wheel | B |
| Such witching books are baited hooks | C |
| For rakish rooks like Rob Mossgiel | B |
| Your fine Tom Jones and Grandisons | C |
| They make your youthful fancies reel | B |
| They heat your brains and fire your veins | C |
| And then you're prey for Rob Mossgiel | B |
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| Beware a tongue that's smoothly hung | D |
| A heart that warmly seems to feel | B |
| That feeling heart but acts a part | E |
| 'Tis rakish art in Rob Mossgiel | B |
| The frank address the soft caress | C |
| Are worse than poisoned darts of steel | B |
| The frank address and politesse | C |
| Are all finesse in Rob Mossgiel | B |
Robert Burns
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