O Were I On Parnassus Hill. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBACCCA CCCADDDA AAAADDDA| Tune My love is lost to me | A |
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| I | - |
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| O were I on Parnassus' hill | B |
| Or had of Helicon my fill | B |
| That I might catch poetic skill | B |
| To sing how dear I love thee | A |
| But Nith maun be my Muse's well | C |
| My Muse maun be thy bonnie sel' | C |
| On Corsincon I'll glow'r and spell | C |
| And write how dear I love thee | A |
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| Then come sweet Muse inspire my lay | C |
| For a' the lee lang simmer's day | C |
| I coudna sing I coudna say | C |
| How much how dear I love thee | A |
| I see thee dancing o'er the green | D |
| Thy waist sae jimp thy limbs sae clean | D |
| Thy tempting lips thy roguish een | D |
| By heaven and earth I love thee | A |
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| III | - |
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| By night by day a field at hame | A |
| The thoughts o' thee my breast inflame | A |
| And aye I muse and sing thy name | A |
| I only live to love thee | A |
| Tho' I were doom'd to wander on | D |
| Beyond the sea beyond the sun | D |
| Till my last weary sand was run | D |
| Till then and then I love thee | A |
Robert Burns
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