To A Haggis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAB CCCDCD DDDEDE FFFGFG DHIJIJ KKKDKD DDDCDC JJJHJH| Fair fa' your honest sonsie face | A |
| Great chieftain o' the pudding race | A |
| Aboon them a' ye tak your place | A |
| Painch tripe or thairm | B |
| Weel are ye wordy o' a grace | A |
| As lang's my arm | B |
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| The groaning trencher there ye fill | C |
| Your hurdies like a distant hill | C |
| Your pin wad help to mend a mill | C |
| In time o' need | D |
| While thro' your pores the dews distil | C |
| Like amber bead | D |
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| His knife see rustic labour dight | D |
| An' cut you up wi' ready slight | D |
| Trenching your gushing entrails bright | D |
| Like onie ditch | E |
| And then O what a glorious sight | D |
| Warm reekin rich | E |
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| Then horn for horn they stretch an' strive | F |
| Deil tak the hindmost on they drive | F |
| 'Till a' their weel swall'd kytes belyve | F |
| Are bent like drums | G |
| Then auld Guidman maist like to rive | F |
| Bethankit hums | G |
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| Is there that o'er his French ragout | D |
| Or olio that wad staw a sow | H |
| Or fricassee wad mak her spew | I |
| Wi' perfect sconner | J |
| Looks down wi' sneering scornfu' view | I |
| On sic a dinner | J |
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| Poor devil see him owre his trash | K |
| As feckless as a wither'd rash | K |
| His spindle shank a guid whip lash | K |
| His nieve a nit | D |
| Thro' bloody flood or field to dash | K |
| O how unfit | D |
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| But mark the rustic haggis fed | D |
| The trembling earth resounds his tread | D |
| Clap in his walie nieve a blade | D |
| He'll mak it whissle | C |
| An' legs an' arms an' heads will sned | D |
| Like taps o' thrissle | C |
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| Ye pow'rs wha mak mankind your care | J |
| And dish them out their bill o' fare | J |
| Auld Scotland wants nae stinking ware | J |
| That jaups in luggies | H |
| But if ye wish her gratefu' pray'r | J |
| Gie her a Haggis | H |
Robert Burns
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To A Haggis is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.