Song-o Were My Love You Lilac Fair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDBD EFGHIJIJO WERE my love yon Lilac fair | A |
Wi' purple blossoms to the Spring | B |
And I a bird to shelter there | A |
When wearied on my little wing | B |
How I wad mourn when it was torn | C |
By Autumn wild and Winter rude | D |
But I wad sing on wanton wing | B |
When youthfu' May its bloom renew'd | D |
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O gin my love were yon red rose | E |
That grows upon the castle wa' | F |
And I myself a drap o' dew | G |
Into her bonie breast to fa' | H |
O there beyond expression blest | I |
I'd feast on beauty a' the night | J |
Seal'd on her silk saft faulds to rest | I |
Till fley'd awa by Phoebus' light | J |
Robert Burns
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