On The Same. (on A Henpecked Country Squire.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD| One Queen Artemisia as old stories tell | A |
| When depriv'd of her husband she loved so well | A |
| In respect for the love and affection he'd show'd her | B |
| She reduc'd him to dust and she drank up the powder | B |
| But Queen Netherplace of a diff'rent complexion | C |
| When call'd on to order the fun'ral direction | C |
| Would have eat her dear lord on a slender pretence | D |
| Not to show her respect but to save the expense | D |
Robert Burns
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