O Leave Novels! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCBCB DBEBCBCBO 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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