The Inventory; - In Answer To A Mandate By The Surveyor Of The Taxes. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDDEEDDFFGGHHIIJKLLD DLLIIMMDD NNOODDDDPPPPMMQRDDLL STTDDOO EEOODDLLLLPP LLU U| Sir as your mandate did request | A |
| I send you here a faithfu' list | B |
| O' gudes an' gear an' a' my graith | C |
| To which I'm clear to gi'e my aith | C |
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| Imprimis then for carriage cattle | D |
| I have four brutes o' gallant mettle | D |
| As ever drew afore a pettle | D |
| My lan' afore's a gude auld has been | E |
| An' wight an' wilfu' a' his days been | E |
| My lan ahin's a weel gaun fillie | D |
| That aft has borne me hame frae Killie | D |
| An' your auld burro' mony a time | F |
| In days when riding was nae crime | F |
| But ance whan in my wooing pride | G |
| I like a blockhead boost to ride | G |
| The wilfu' creature sae I pat to | H |
| L d pardon a' my sins an' that too | H |
| I play'd my fillie sic a shavie | I |
| She's a' bedevil'd with the spavie | I |
| My fur ahin's a wordy beast | J |
| As e'er in tug or tow was trac'd | K |
| The fourth's a Highland Donald hastie | L |
| A d n'd red wud Kilburnie blastie | L |
| Forbye a cowt o' cowt's the wale | D |
| As ever ran afore a tail | D |
| If he be spar'd to be a beast | L |
| He'll draw me fifteen pun' at least | L |
| Wheel carriages I ha'e but few | I |
| Three carts an' twa are feckly new | I |
| Ae auld wheelbarrow mair for token | M |
| Ae leg an' baith the trams are broken | M |
| I made a poker o' the spin'le | D |
| An' my auld mither brunt the trin'le | D |
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| For men I've three mischievous boys | N |
| Run de'ils for rantin' an' for noise | N |
| A gaudsman ane a thrasher t'other | O |
| Wee Davock hauds the nowt in fother | O |
| I rule them as I ought discreetly | D |
| An' aften labour them completely | D |
| An' ay on Sundays duly nightly | D |
| I on the Questions targe them tightly | D |
| Till faith wee Davock's turn'd sae gleg | P |
| Tho' scarcely langer than your leg | P |
| He'll screed you aff Effectual calling | P |
| As fast as ony in the dwalling | P |
| I've nane in female servan' station | M |
| Lord keep me ay frae a' temptation | M |
| I ha'e nae wife and that my bliss is | Q |
| An' ye have laid nae tax on misses | R |
| An' then if kirk folks dinna clutch me | D |
| I ken the devils darena touch me | D |
| Wi' weans I'm mair than weel contented | L |
| Heav'n sent me ane mae than I wanted | L |
| My sonsie smirking dear bought Bess | S |
| She stares the daddy in her face | T |
| Enough of ought ye like but grace | T |
| But her my bonnie sweet wee lady | D |
| I've paid enough for her already | D |
| An' gin ye tax her or her mither | O |
| B' the L d ye'se get them a'thegither | O |
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| And now remember Mr Aiken | E |
| Nae kind of license out I'm takin' | E |
| Frae this time forth I do declare | O |
| I'se ne'er ride horse nor hizzie mair | O |
| Thro' dirt and dub for life I'll paidle | D |
| Ere I sae dear pay for a saddle | D |
| My travel a' on foot I'll shank it | L |
| I've sturdy bearers Gude be thankit | L |
| The kirk and you may tak' you that | L |
| It puts but little in your pat | L |
| Sae dinna put me in your buke | P |
| Nor for my ten white shillings luke | P |
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| This list wi' my ain hand I wrote it | L |
| the day and date as under noted | L |
| Then know all ye whom it concerns | U |
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| Subscripsi huic ROBERT BURNS | U |
Robert Burns
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