She Says She Loves Me Best Of A'. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCDEFEBBGH I I DJFJKBGH LMLMDDDDNBKHTune Onagh's Waterfall | A |
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I | - |
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Sae flaxen were her ringlets | B |
Her eyebrows of a darker hue | C |
Bewitchingly o'er arching | D |
Twa laughin' een o' bonnie blue | C |
Her smiling sae wyling | D |
Wad make a wretch forget his woe | E |
What pleasure what treasure | F |
Unto these rosy lips to grow | E |
Such was my Chloris' bonnie face | B |
When first her bonnie face I saw | B |
And ay my Chloris' dearest charm | G |
She says she lo'es me best of a' | H |
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II | - |
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Like harmony her motion | I |
Her pretty ankle is a spy | - |
Betraying fair proportion | I |
Wad mak a saint forget the sky | - |
Sae warming sae charming | D |
Her faultless form and gracefu' air | J |
Ilk feature auld Nature | F |
Declar'd that she could do nae mair | J |
Hers are the willing chains o' love | K |
By conquering beauty's sovereign law | B |
And ay my Chloris' dearest charm | G |
She says she lo'es me best of a' | H |
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III | - |
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Let others love the city | L |
And gaudy show at sunny noon | M |
Gie me the lonely valley | L |
The dewy eve and rising moon | M |
Fair beaming and streaming | D |
Her silver light the boughs amang | D |
While falling recalling | D |
The amorous thrush concludes his sang | D |
There dearest Chloris wilt thou rove | N |
By wimpling burn and leafy shaw | B |
And hear my vows o' truth and love | K |
And say thou lo'es me best of a' | H |
Robert Burns
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