Raving Winds Around Her Blowing. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBBCCDD BBEEBBFF| Tune Macgregor of Rura's Lament | A |
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| I | - |
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| Raving winds around her blowing | B |
| Yellow leaves the woodlands strowing | B |
| By a river hoarsely roaring | B |
| Isabella stray'd deploring | B |
| Farewell hours that late did measure | C |
| Sunshine days of joy and pleasure | C |
| Hail thou gloomy night of sorrow | D |
| Cheerless night that knows no morrow | D |
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| II | - |
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| O'er the past too fondly wandering | B |
| On the hopeless future pondering | B |
| Chilly grief my life blood freezes | E |
| Fell despair my fancy seizes | E |
| Life thou soul of every blessing | B |
| Load to misery most distressing | B |
| Gladly how would I resign thee | F |
| And to dark oblivion join thee | F |
Robert Burns
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