Song-the Captive Ribband Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG IJKJ| DEAR Myra the captive ribband's mine | A |
| 'Twas all my faithful love could gain | B |
| And would you ask me to resign | A |
| The sole reward that crowns my pain | B |
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| Go bid the hero who has run | C |
| Thro' fields of death to gather fame | D |
| Go bid him lay his laurels down | E |
| And all his well earn'd praise disclaim | D |
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| The ribband shall its freedom lose | F |
| Lose all the bliss it had with you | G |
| And share the fate I would impose | H |
| On thee wert thou my captive too | G |
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| It shall upon my bosom live | I |
| Or clasp me in a close embrace | J |
| And at its fortune if you grieve | K |
| Retrieve its doom and take its place | J |
Robert Burns
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