The Laddie's Dear Sel' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFED FGGD HIAD| THERE'S a youth in this city it were a great pity | A |
| That he from our lassies should wander awa' | B |
| For he's bonie and braw weel favor'd witha' | C |
| An' his hair has a natural buckle an' a' | D |
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| His coat is the hue o' his bonnet sae blue | E |
| His fecket is white as the new driven snaw | F |
| His hose they are blae and his shoon like the slae | E |
| And his clear siller buckles they dazzle us a' | D |
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| For beauty and fortune the laddie's been courtin | F |
| Weel featur'd weel tocher'd weel mounted an' braw | G |
| But chiefly the siller that gars him gang till her | G |
| The penny's the jewel that beautifies a' | D |
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| There's Meg wi' the mailen that fain wad a haen him | H |
| And Susie wha's daddie was laird o' the Ha' | I |
| There's lang tocher'd Nancy maist fetters his fancy | A |
| But the laddie's dear sel' he loes dearest of a' | D |
Robert Burns
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