O Wha Is She That Loves Me. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABAACDCD BABAA ACACC E FCFCCCDCD| Tune Morag | A |
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| I | - |
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| O wha is she that lo'es me | B |
| And has my heart a keeping | A |
| O sweet is she that lo'es me | B |
| As dews of simmer weeping | A |
| In tears the rosebuds steeping | A |
| O that's the lassie of my heart | C |
| My lassie ever dearer | D |
| O that's the queen of womankind | C |
| And ne'er a ane to peer her | D |
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| II | - |
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| If thou shalt meet a lassie | B |
| In grace and beauty charming | A |
| That e'en thy chosen lassie | B |
| Erewhile thy breast sae warming | A |
| Had ne'er sic powers alarming | A |
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| III | - |
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| If thou hadst heard her talking | A |
| And thy attentions plighted | C |
| That ilka body talking | A |
| But her by thee is slighted | C |
| And thou art all delighted | C |
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| IV | E |
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| If thou hast met this fair one | F |
| When frae her thou hast parted | C |
| If every other fair one | F |
| But her thou hast deserted | C |
| And thou art broken hearted | C |
| O that's the lassie o' my heart | C |
| My lassie ever dearer | D |
| O that's the queen o' womankind | C |
| And ne'er a ane to peer her | D |
Robert Burns
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O Wha Is She That Loves Me. is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.