The Banks O' Doon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG DHIH AAJA KAAA KLKL| YE flowery banks o' bonnie Doon | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp How can ye blume sae fair | B |
| How can ye chant ye little birds | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And I sae fu' o' care | B |
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| Thou'll break my heart thou bonnie bird | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp That sings upon the bough | E |
| Thou minds me o' the happy days | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp When my fause luve was true | G |
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| Thou'll break my heart thou bonnie bird | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp That sings beside thy mate | H |
| For sae I sat and sae I sang | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And wistna o' my fate | H |
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| Aft hae I roved by bonnie Doon | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To see the woodbine twine | A |
| And ilka bird sang o' its luve | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And sae did I o' mine | A |
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| Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Upon a morn in June | A |
| And sae I flourish'd on the morn | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And sae was pu'd or' noon | A |
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| Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Upon its thorny tree | L |
| But my fause luver staw my rose | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And left the thorn wi' me | L |
Robert Burns
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