The Inventory Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDDEEDDFFGGHHIIJKDKD DKKIILLDD MMNNDDDDOOOO LLPQDDKKRSSDDNN EENNDDKKKKOO KKTNSIR 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 hae four brutes o' gallant mettle | D |
As ever drew afore a pettle | D |
My hand afore 's a guid auld has been | E |
An' wight an' wilfu' a' his days been | E |
My hand ahin 's a weel gaun fillie | D |
That aft has borne me hame frae Killie | D |
An' your auld borough mony a time | F |
In days when riding was nae crime | F |
But ance when 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 wi' the spavie | I |
My furr ahin 's a wordy beast | J |
As e'er in tug or tow was traced | K |
The fourth's a Highland Donald hastle | D |
A d n'd red wud Kilburnie blastie | K |
Foreby a cowt o' cowts the wale | D |
As ever ran afore a tail | D |
Gin he be spar'd to be a beast | K |
He'll draw me fifteen pund at least | K |
Wheel carriages I ha'e but few | I |
Three carts an' twa are feckly new | I |
An auld wheelbarrow mair for token | L |
Ae leg an' baith the trams are broken | L |
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 | M |
Run deils for ranting an' for noise | M |
A gaudsman ane a thrasher t' other | N |
Wee Davock hauds the nowt in fother | N |
I rule them as I ought discreetly | D |
An' aften labour them completely | D |
An' aye on Sundays duly nightly | D |
I on the Questions targe them tightly | D |
Till faith wee Davock's grown sae gleg | O |
Tho' scarcely langer than your leg | O |
He'll screed you aff Effectual Calling | O |
As fast as ony in the dwalling | O |
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I've nane in female servant station | L |
L d keep me aye frae a' temptation | L |
I hae nae wife and thay my bliss is | P |
An' ye have laid nae tax on misses | Q |
An' then if kirk folks dinna clutch me | D |
I ken the deevils darena touch me | D |
Wi' weans I'm mair than weel contented | K |
Heav'n sent me ane mae than I wanted | K |
My sonsie smirking dear bought Bess | R |
She stares the daddy in her face | S |
Enough of ought ye like but grace | S |
But her my bonie sweet wee lady | D |
I've paid enough for her already | D |
An' gin ye tax her or her mither | N |
By the L d ye'se get them a' thegither | N |
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And now remember Mr Aiken | E |
Nae kind of licence out I'm takin | E |
Frae this time forth I do declare | N |
I'se ne'er ride horse nor hizzie mair | N |
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 | K |
I've sturdy bearers Gude the thankit | K |
The kirk and you may tak you that | K |
It puts but little in your pat | K |
Sae dinna put me in your beuk | O |
Nor for my ten white shillings leuk | O |
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This list wi' my ain hand I wrote it | K |
The day and date as under noted | K |
Then know all ye whom it concerns | T |
Subscripsi huic ROBERT BURNS MOSSGIEL February | N |
Robert Burns
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