To The Wood-lark Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CCCB DDEF GGGF| O stay sweet warbling wood lark stay | A |
| Nor quit for me the trembling spray | A |
| A hapless lover courts thy lay | A |
| Thy soothing fond complaining | B |
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| Again again that tender part | C |
| That I may catch thy melting art | C |
| For surely that wad touch her heart | C |
| Wha kills me wi' disdaining | B |
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| Say was thy little mate unkind | D |
| And heard thee as the careless wind | D |
| Oh nocht but lobve and sorrow join'd | E |
| Sic notes o' woe could wauken | F |
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| Thou tells o' never ending care | G |
| O' speechless grief and dark despair | G |
| For pity's sake sweet bird nae mair | G |
| Or my poor heart is broken | F |
Robert Burns
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About To The Wood-lark
To The Wood-lark is a poem by Robert Burns. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.