This Is No My Ain Lassie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBBCCCB DDDB EEEB F GHGBBBBB| Tune This is no my ain house | A |
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| O this is no my ain lassie | B |
| Fair tho' the lassie be | B |
| O weel ken I my ain lassie | B |
| Kind love is in her e'e | B |
| I see a form I see a face | C |
| Ye weel may wi' the fairest place | C |
| It wants to me the witching grace | C |
| The kind love that's in her e'e | B |
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| She's bonnie blooming straight and tall | D |
| And lang has had my heart in thrall | D |
| And ay it charms my very saul | D |
| The kind love that's in her e'e | B |
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| A thief sae pawkie is my Jean | E |
| To steal a blink by a' unseen | E |
| But gleg as light are lovers' een | E |
| When kind love is in the e'e | B |
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| IV | F |
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| It may escape the courtly sparks | G |
| It may escape the learned clerks | H |
| But weel the watching lover marks | G |
| The kind love that's in her e'e | B |
| O this is no my ain lassie | B |
| Fair tho' the lassie be | B |
| O weel ken I my ain lassie | B |
| Kind love is in her e'e | B |
Robert Burns
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