On Sensibility. To My Dear And Much Honoured Friend, Mrs. Dunlop, Of Dunlop. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGH IJIJ| Sensibility how charming | A |
| Thou my friend canst truly tell | B |
| But distress with horrors arming | A |
| Thou host also known too well | B |
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| Fairest flower behold the lily | C |
| Blooming in the sunny ray | D |
| Let the blast sweep o'er the valley | C |
| See it prostrate on the clay | D |
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| Hear the woodlark charm the forest | E |
| Telling o'er his little joys | F |
| Hapless bird a prey the surest | G |
| To each pirate of the skies | H |
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| Dearly bought the hidden treasure | I |
| Finer feeling can bestow | J |
| Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure | I |
| Thrill the deepest notes of woe | J |
Robert Burns
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