The Calf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIJI KGKG GEGE| RIGHT sir your text I'll prove it true | A |
| Tho' heretics may laugh | B |
| For instance there's yourself just now | C |
| God knows an unco calf | B |
| - | |
| - | |
| And should some patron be so kind | D |
| As bless you wi' a kirk | E |
| I doubt na sir but then we'll find | D |
| Ye're still as great a stirk | E |
| - | |
| - | |
| But if the lover's raptur'd hour | F |
| Shall ever be your lot | G |
| Forbid it ev'ry heavenly Power | F |
| You e'er should be a stot | G |
| - | |
| - | |
| Tho' when some kind connubial dear | H |
| Your but and ben adorns | I |
| The like has been that you may wear | J |
| A noble head of horns | I |
| - | |
| - | |
| And in your lug most reverend James | K |
| To hear you roar and rowt | G |
| Few men o' sense will doubt your claims | K |
| To rank amang the nowt | G |
| - | |
| - | |
| And when ye're number'd wi' the dead | G |
| Below a grassy hillock | E |
| With justice they may mark your head | G |
| Here lies a famous bullock | E |
Robert Burns
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation