The Slave-s Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD EBBBD FBGBD| It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthrall | A |
| For the lands of Virginia ginia O | B |
| Torn from that lovely shore and must never see it more | C |
| And alas I am weary weary O | B |
| Torn from c | D |
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| All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost | E |
| Like the lands of Virginia ginia O | B |
| There streams for ever flow and there flowers for ever blow | B |
| And alas I am weary weary O | B |
| There streams c | D |
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| The burden I must bear while the cruel scourge I fear | F |
| In the lands of Virginia ginia O | B |
| And I think on friends most dear with the bitter bitter tear | G |
| And Alas I am weary weary O | B |
| And I think c | D |
Robert Burns
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