Song-the Banks O' Doon (first Version) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGDHIH AAJAKLKLKAAA| SWEET are the banks the banks o' Doon | A |
| The spreading flowers are fair | B |
| And everything is blythe and glad | C |
| But I am fu' o' care | B |
| Thou'll break my heart thou bonie bird | D |
| That sings upon the bough | E |
| Thou minds me o' the happy days | F |
| When my fause Luve was true | G |
| Thou'll break my heart thou bonie bird | D |
| That sings beside thy mate | H |
| For sae I sat and sae I sang | I |
| And wist na o' my fate | H |
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| Aft hae I rov'd by bonie Doon | A |
| To see the woodbine twine | A |
| And ilka birds sang o' its Luve | J |
| And sae did I o' mine | A |
| Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose | K |
| Upon its thorny tree | L |
| But my fause Luver staw my rose | K |
| And left the thorn wi' me | L |
| Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose | K |
| Upon a morn in June | A |
| And sae I flourished on the morn | A |
| And sae was pu'd or noon | A |
Robert Burns
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