On The Birth Of A Posthumous Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FDGH IJKJ LHLH MNMNSWEET 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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