Song-had I A Cave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCA DDEFGD| HAD I a cave on some wild distant shore | A |
| Where the winds howl to the wave's dashing roar | A |
| There would I weep my woes | B |
| There seek my lost repose | B |
| Till grief my eyes should close | C |
| Ne'er to wake more | A |
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| Falsest of womankind can'st thou declare | D |
| All thy fond plighted vows fleeting as air | D |
| To thy new lover hie | E |
| Laugh o'er thy perjury | F |
| Then in thy bosom try | G |
| What peace is there | D |
Robert Burns
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