O Tell Na Me O' Wind And Rain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AABCDDDC EFGC HHIC J KKKCDDDCO Tell Na Me O' Wind And Rain | A |
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I | - |
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O tell na me o' wind and rain | A |
Upbraid na me wi' cauld disdain | A |
Gae back the gate ye cam again | B |
I winna let you in jo | C |
I tell you now this ae night | D |
This ae ae ae night | D |
And ance for a' this ae night | D |
I winna let you in jo | C |
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II | - |
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The snellest blast at mirkest hours | E |
That round the pathless wand'rer pours | F |
Is nocht to what poor she endures | G |
That's trusted faithless man jo | C |
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III | - |
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The sweetest flower that deck'd the mead | H |
Now trodden like the vilest weed | H |
Let simple maid the lesson read | I |
The weird may be her ain jo | C |
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IV | J |
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The bird that charm'd his summer day | K |
Is now the cruel fowler's prey | K |
Let witless trusting woman say | K |
How aft her fate's the same jo | C |
I tell you now this ae night | D |
This ae ae ae night | D |
And ance for a' this ae night | D |
I winna let you in jo | C |
Robert Burns
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