The Banks Of Doon. (first Version.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC A EFGH A EIJI K BBKB K LKLK| I | A |
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| Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doon | B |
| How can ye bloom sae fair | C |
| How can ye chant ye little birds | D |
| And I sae fu' o' care | C |
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| II | A |
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| Thou'll break my heart thou bonnie bird | E |
| That sings upon the bough | F |
| Thou minds me o' the happy days | G |
| When my fause love was true | H |
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| III | A |
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| Thou'll break my heart thou bonnie bird | E |
| That sings beside thy mate | I |
| For sae I sat and sae I sang | J |
| And wist na o' my fate | I |
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| IV | K |
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| Aft hae I rov'd by bonnie Doon | B |
| To see the woodbine twine | B |
| And ilka bird sang o' its love | K |
| And sae did I o' mine | B |
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| V | K |
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| Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose | L |
| Frae aff its thorny tree | K |
| And my fause luver staw the rose | L |
| But left the thorn wi' me | K |
Robert Burns
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