The American War. - A Fragment. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCECFC A GCHCICJC A KCLCMCNC O PCQCQCOC O QCRCSCTC O UCVCWCTC O TCTCTCQC O XCTCYCTC T ZCTCA2CQC| I | A |
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| When Guildford good our pilot stood | B |
| And did our hellim thraw man | C |
| Ae night at tea began a plea | D |
| Within America man | C |
| Then up they gat the maskin pat | E |
| And in the sea did jaw man | C |
| An' did nae less in full Congress | F |
| Than quite refuse our law man | C |
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| II | A |
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| Then thro' the lakes Montgomery takes | G |
| I wat he was na slaw man | C |
| Down Lowrie's burn he took a turn | H |
| And Carleton did ca' man | C |
| But yet what reck he at Quebec | I |
| Montgomery like did fa' man | C |
| Wi' sword in hand before his band | J |
| Amang his en'mies a' man | C |
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| III | A |
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| Poor Tammy Gage within a cage | K |
| Was kept at Boston ha' man | C |
| Till Willie Howe took o'er the knowe | L |
| For Philadelphia man | C |
| Wi' sword an' gun he thought a sin | M |
| Guid Christian blood to draw man | C |
| But at New York wi' knife an' fork | N |
| Sir loin he hacked sma' man | C |
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| IV | O |
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| Burgoyne gaed up like spur an' whip | P |
| Till Fraser brave did fa' man | C |
| Then lost his way ae misty day | Q |
| In Saratoga shaw man | C |
| Cornwallis fought as lang's he dought | Q |
| An' did the buckskins claw man | C |
| But Clinton's glaive frae rust to save | O |
| He hung it to the wa' man | C |
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| V | O |
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| Then Montague an' Guilford too | Q |
| Began to fear a fa' man | C |
| And Sackville dour wha stood the stoure | R |
| The German Chief to thraw man | C |
| For Paddy Burke like ony Turk | S |
| Nae mercy had at a' man | C |
| An' Charlie Fox threw by the box | T |
| An' lows'd his tinkler jaw man | C |
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| VI | O |
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| Then Rockingham took up the game | U |
| Till death did on him ca' man | C |
| When Shelburne meek held up his cheek | V |
| Conform to gospel law man | C |
| Saint Stephen's boys wi' jarring noise | W |
| They did his measures thraw man | C |
| For North an' Fox united stocks | T |
| An' bore him to the wa' man | C |
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| VII | O |
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| Then clubs an' hearts were Charlie's cartes | T |
| He swept the stakes awa' man | C |
| Till the diamond's ace of Indian race | T |
| Led him a sair faux pas man | C |
| The Saxon lads wi' loud placads | T |
| On Chatham's boy did ca' man | C |
| An' Scotland drew her pipe an' blew | Q |
| Up Willie waur them a' man | C |
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| VIII | O |
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| Behind the throne then Grenville's gone | X |
| A secret word or twa man | C |
| While slee Dundas arous'd the class | T |
| Be north the Roman wa' man | C |
| An' Chatham's wraith in heavenly graith | Y |
| Inspired Bardies saw man | C |
| Wi' kindling eyes cry'd Willie rise | T |
| Would I hae fear'd them a' man | C |
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| IX | T |
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| But word an' blow North Fox and Co | Z |
| Gowff'd Willie like a ba' man | C |
| Till Suthron raise and coost their claise | T |
| Behind him in a raw man | C |
| An' Caledon threw by the drone | A2 |
| An' did her whittle draw man | C |
| An' swoor fu' rude thro' dirt an' blood | Q |
| To make it guid in law man | C |
Robert Burns
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