To Alex. Cunningham, Esq., Writer, Edinburgh Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI JKJK| MY godlike friend nay do not stare | A |
| You think the phrase is odd like | B |
| But God is love the saints declare | A |
| Then surely thou art god like | B |
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| And is thy ardour still the same | C |
| And kindled still at ANNA | D |
| Others may boast a partial flame | C |
| But thou art a volcano | E |
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| Ev'n Wedlock asks not love beyond | F |
| Death's tie dissolving portal | G |
| But thou omnipotently fond | F |
| May'st promise love immortal | G |
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| Thy wounds such healing powers defy | H |
| Such symptoms dire attend them | I |
| That last great antihectic try | H |
| MARRIAGE perhaps may mend them | I |
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| Sweet Anna has an air a grace | J |
| Divine magnetic touching | K |
| She talks she charms but who can trace | J |
| The process of bewitching | K |
Robert Burns
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