Song-the Young Highland Rover Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCDED FFFFFCDED| LOUD blaw the frosty breezes | A |
| The snaws the mountains cover | B |
| Like winter on me seizes | A |
| Since my young Highland rover | B |
| Far wanders nations over | B |
| Where'er he go where'er he stray | C |
| May heaven be his warden | D |
| Return him safe to fair Strathspey | E |
| And bonie Castle Gordon | D |
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| The trees now naked groaning | F |
| Shall soon wi' leaves be hinging | F |
| The birdies dowie moaning | F |
| Shall a' be blythely singing | F |
| And every flower be springing | F |
| Sae I'll rejoice the lee lang day | C |
| When by his mighty Warden | D |
| My youth's return'd to fair Strathspey | E |
| And bonie Castle Gordon | D |
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