Sweet Afton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD AAEE FFGG AAHH AABBFLOW gently sweet Afton amang thy green braes | A |
Flow gently I'll sing thee a song in thy praise | A |
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream | B |
Flow gently sweet Afton disturb not her dream | B |
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Thou stockdove whose echo resounds thro' the glen | C |
Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den | C |
Thou green crested lapwing thy screaming forbear | D |
I charge you disturb not my slumbering Fair | D |
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How lofty sweet Afton thy neighbouring hills | A |
Far mark'd with the courses of clear winding rills | A |
There daily I wander as noon rises high | E |
My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye | E |
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How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below | F |
Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow | F |
There oft as mild Ev'ning weeps over the lea | G |
The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me | G |
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Thy crystal stream Afton how lovely it glides | A |
And winds by the cot where my Mary resides | A |
How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave | H |
As gathering sweet flowerets she stems thy clear wave | H |
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Flow gently sweet Afton amang thy green braes | A |
Flow gently sweet river the theme of my lays | A |
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream | B |
Flow gently sweet Afton disturb not her dream | B |
Robert Burns
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