Song-behold, My Love, How Green The Groves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIJ DFCF FKLK MFNF| BEHOLD my love how green the groves | A |
| The primrose banks how fair | B |
| The balmy gales awake the flowers | C |
| And wave thy flowing hair | B |
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| The lav'rock shuns the palace gay | D |
| And o'er the cottage sings | E |
| For Nature smiles as sweet I ween | F |
| To Shepherds as to Kings | E |
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| Let minstrels sweep the skilfu' string | G |
| In lordly lighted ha' | H |
| The Shepherd stops his simple reed | I |
| Blythe in the birken shaw | J |
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| The Princely revel may survey | D |
| Our rustic dance wi' scorn | F |
| But are their hearts as light as ours | C |
| Beneath the milk white thorn | F |
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| The shepherd in the flowery glen | F |
| In shepherd's phrase will woo | K |
| The courtier tells a finer tale | L |
| But is his heart as true | K |
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| These wild wood flowers I've pu'd to deck | M |
| That spotless breast o' thine | F |
| The courtiers' gems may witness love | N |
| But 'tis na love like mine | F |
Robert Burns
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Song-behold, My Love, How Green The Groves is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.