Versicles On Sign-posts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEF| CURS'D be the man the poorest wretch in life | A |
| The crouching vassal to a tyrant wife | A |
| Who has no will but by her high permission | B |
| Who has not sixpence but in her possession | B |
| Who must to he his dear friend's secrets tell | C |
| Who dreads a curtain lecture worse than hell | C |
| Were such the wife had fallen to my part | D |
| I'd break her spirit or I'd break her heart | D |
| I'd charm her with the magic of a switch | E |
| I'd kiss her maids and kick the perverse b h | F |
Robert Burns
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