On The Birth Of A Posthumous Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FDGH IJKJ LHLH MNMN| SWEET flow'ret pledge o' meikle love | A |
| And ward o' mony a prayer | B |
| What heart o' stane wad thou na move | C |
| Sae helpless sweet and fair | B |
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| November hirples o'er the lea | D |
| Chill on thy lovely form | E |
| And gane alas the shelt'ring tree | D |
| Should shield thee frae the storm | E |
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| May He who gives the rain to pour | F |
| And wings the blast to blaw | D |
| Protect thee frae the driving show'r | G |
| The bitter frost and snaw | H |
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| May He the friend o' Woe and Want | I |
| Who heals life's various stounds | J |
| Protect and guard the mother plant | K |
| And heal her cruel wounds | J |
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| But late she flourish'd rooted fast | L |
| Fair in the summer morn | H |
| Now feebly bends she in the blast | L |
| Unshelter'd and forlorn | H |
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| Blest be thy bloom thou lovely gem | M |
| Unscath'd by ruffian hand | N |
| And from thee many a parent stem | M |
| Arise to deck our land | N |
Robert Burns
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