The Gloomy Night. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEF GG HHEF IIJJKKEF H LLLLLLEF| Tune Roslin Castle | A |
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| I | - |
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| The gloomy night is gath'ring fast | B |
| Loud roars the wild inconstant blast | B |
| Yon murky cloud is foul with rain | C |
| I see it driving o'er the plain | C |
| The hunter now has left the moor | D |
| The scatter'd coveys meet secure | D |
| While here I wander prest with care | E |
| Along the lonely banks of Ayr | F |
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| II | - |
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| The Autumn mourns her rip'ning corn | G |
| By early Winter's ravage torn | G |
| Across her placid azure sky | - |
| She sees the scowling tempest fly | - |
| Chill runs my blood to hear it rave | H |
| I think upon the stormy wave | H |
| Where many a danger I must dare | E |
| Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr | F |
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| III | - |
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| 'Tis not the surging billow's roar | I |
| 'Tis not that fatal deadly shore | I |
| Tho' death in ev'ry shape appear | J |
| The wretched have no more to fear | J |
| But round my heart the ties are bound | K |
| That heart transpierc'd with many a wound | K |
| These bleed afresh those ties I tear | E |
| To leave the bonnie banks of Ayr | F |
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| IV | H |
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| Farewell old Coila's hills and dales | L |
| Her heathy moors and winding vales | L |
| The scenes where wretched fancy roves | L |
| Pursuing past unhappy loves | L |
| Farewell my friends farewell my foes | L |
| My peace with these my love with those | L |
| The bursting tears my heart declare | E |
| Farewell the bonnie banks of Ayr | F |
Robert Burns
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